Spain's COVID-19 Cases per Million People Are Now the Highest

Fourteen countries recorded record growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. The top five countries were Spain, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Worldometer recorded an average growth rate of 1.61 percent for these countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.68 percent. Spain recorded the highest growth this week at 3.75 percent.

In Spain, as of today, a total of 5.93 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, growing by only 7.18 percent. The situation in this region previously showed significantly higher increases; 30 days ago, the growth was over 717.94 percent.

Australia is second with 3.53 percent growth. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 322,060. Today marks the peak of COVID-19 case increases in this region. According to data published on Worldometer, 10,980 new COVID-19 cases were added in Australia in a single day. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, with a growth rate of 24.27 percent.

Switzerland follows with a total mortality rate of 2.94 percent per 1 million inhabitants. With a total of 1.26 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases in this region over the past week was 7,350.86. Compared to previous daily increases, today's increase is the highest ever recorded.

Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 279.72 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (53.76 million), India (34.8 million), Brazil (22.25 million), the United Kingdom (12.21 million), and Russia (10.42 million).