The United Arab Emirates, Russia, Austria, Poland, and Lithuania recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Sunday, March 26, 2023. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.05 percent for these top five countries. This average is down from the previous week's 0.05 percent. The highest growth this week was recorded in the United Arab Emirates at 0.07 percent.
In the United Arab Emirates, the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded to date is 1.06 million. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased, growing by only 0.15 percent. Thirty days ago, the region experienced significantly higher additions, reaching approximately 0.48 percent.
Russia is second with 0.05 percent. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 22.58 million. This region previously recorded its peak in daily COVID-19 case additions on Saturday, February 12, 2022, with 203,950 cases that day. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 0.36 percent.
Austria follows with 0.05 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. With a total of 6.02 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases in this region over the past week was 3,338.29. Previously, the peak in case additions in this country occurred on Sunday, January 23, 2022, reaching 73,920 cases per day.
The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants is Poland, at 0.04 percent. The total number of cases in this country is 6.49 million. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 2,334.29 cases. The peak in case additions in this country previously occurred on Friday, January 28, 2022, reaching 57,659 cases per day.
Following this, Lithuania recorded 0.03 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. The total number of cases in this country is 1.31 million. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 299.43 cases. The peak in case additions in this country previously occurred on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, reaching 106,670 cases per day.
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Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 678.45 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (106.09 million), India (44.7 million), France (39.74 million), Germany (38.33 million), and Brazil (37.2 million).