Fourteen countries recorded record growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Sunday, January 23, 2022. The top five countries were Austria, Singapore, El Salvador, Japan, and Tunisia. Worldometer recorded an average growth rate of 1.81 percent for these countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.6 percent. The highest record this week occurred in Austria, with 4.91 percent growth.
In Austria, as of today, a total of 1.58 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, growing by only 10.46 percent. The rate of increase in this region was significantly higher 30 days ago, reaching 25.37 percent.
Singapore is second with 4.27 percent growth. A total of 310,280 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the country. Today marks the peak of COVID-19 case increases in this region. According to data published on Worldometer, 12,727 COVID-19 cases were added in Singapore in a single day. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, with a growth rate of 6.63 percent.
The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants is El Salvador, with 2.78 percent. The total number of cases in this country is 127,010. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 78.86 cases. This is the highest daily increase compared to previous days.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 349.91 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (71.73 million cases), India (39.24 million cases), Brazil (23.96 million cases), France (16.39 million cases), and the United Kingdom (15.78 million cases).