Finland's COVID-19 Cases per Million Population Reach Highest Level

Seventeen countries recorded record growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. The top five were Finland, Israel, Luxembourg, the United States, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Worldometer recorded an average growth rate of 1.67 percent for these countries. This is an increase compared to the previous week's 0.76 percent. Finland recorded the highest growth this week at 7.63 percent.

In Finland, as of today, a total of 328,850 COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, increasing by only 18.57 percent. The situation in this region previously saw significantly higher increases; 30 days ago, the increase was over 1857.22 percent.

Israel is second with 3.63 percent growth. A total of 1.56 million 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, 54,515 COVID-19 cases were added in Israel in a single day. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, with a growth rate of 10.87 percent.

Luxembourg recorded a total death rate of 3.41 percent per 1 million inhabitants. The total number of cases in the country is 116,040. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 1205.29 cases. Compared to previous daily increases, today's increase is the highest ever recorded.

Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 308.63 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (62.66 million), India (35.88 million), Brazil (22.56 million), the United Kingdom (14.62 million), and France (12.21 million).