COVID-19 Cases per Million People in the Marshall Islands Now Highest Globally

The Marshall Islands, Macau, Brunei Darussalam, Taiwan, and Burundi recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 4.32 percent for the top five countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.85 percent. The highest growth this week was recorded in the Marshall Islands, at 18.36 percent.

In the Marshall Islands, the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded to date is 58. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased, growing by only 23.4 percent. The addition of cases in this region was previously quite high, exceeding 222.22 percent 30 days ago.

Macau is second with 1.31 percent. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 772. This region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, July 2, 2022, with an addition of 61 cases that day. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 13.7 percent.

Brunei Darussalam follows with a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.89 percent. With a total of 189,900 cases, the daily addition of COVID-19 cases in this region averaged 1,648.14 cases over the past week. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, reaching 5,269 cases per day.

Taiwan follows with a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.63 percent. With a total of 4.34 million cases, the daily addition of COVID-19 cases in this region averaged 25,350 cases over the past week. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Saturday, May 28, 2022, reaching 94,796 cases per day.

The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants is Burundi at 0.41 percent. The total number of cases in this country is 43,593. The daily increase in this region averaged 64.43 cases over the past week. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Thursday, January 6, 2022, reaching 4,710 cases per day.

Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 565.69 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (91.76 million cases), India (43.82 million cases), Brazil (33.45 million cases), France (33.26 million cases), and Germany (29.99 million cases).