Burundi, Taiwan, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, and Austria recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Thursday, February 2, 2023. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.69 percent for the top five countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.1 percent. The highest growth this week was recorded in Burundi at 2.54 percent.
In Burundi, as of today, the total number of COVID-19 cases is recorded at 53,492. The growth in cases over the last week has decreased, growing by only 2.55 percent. The addition of cases in this region was previously quite high, reaching 3.42 percent 30 days ago.
Taiwan is second with 0.33 percent. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 9.57 million. This region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, May 28, 2022, with an addition of 94,796 cases that day. The growth in cases over the last week has decreased to 1.97 percent.
The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population is Brunei Darussalam with 0.31 percent. The total number of cases in this country is 276,070. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 143.29 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Saturday, December 10, 2022, reaching 20,396 cases per day.
Japan recorded a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population of 0.17 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 32.59 million. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 51,600 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, reaching 274,460 cases per day.
The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population is Austria with 0.09 percent. The total number of cases in this country is 5.79 million. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 2,959.14 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Sunday, January 23, 2022, reaching 73,920 cases per day.
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Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 670.54 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (104.2 million), India (44.68 million), France (39.52 million), Germany (37.78 million), and Brazil (36.82 million).