Federated States of Micronesia, Afghanistan, Qatar, Romania, and Russia recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.15 percent for the top five countries. This average is lower than the previous week's 0.25 percent. The highest growth this week was recorded in the Federated States of Micronesia at 0.46 percent.
In the Federated States of Micronesia, a total of 26,049 COVID-19 cases have been recorded to date. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 0.46 percent. Thirty days ago, the region experienced significantly higher growth, reaching approximately 7.66 percent.
Afghanistan is second with 0.15 percent. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 213,140. The region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Friday, February 11, 2022, with 898 cases added that day. Weekly growth has decreased to 0.65 percent.
The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million people is Qatar with 0.07 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 505,520. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 387.14 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Thursday, January 13, 2022, reaching 4,206 cases per day.
Romania follows with 0.06 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million people. With a total of 3.38 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases in this region over the past week was 866.57 cases. The peak increase in cases in this country previously occurred on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, reaching 40,018 cases per day.
Russia follows with 0.03 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million people. With a total of 22.77 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases in this region over the past week was 7,192.71 cases. The peak increase in cases in this country previously occurred on Saturday, February 12, 2022, reaching 203,950 cases per day.
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Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 680.91 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (106.47 million cases), India (44.83 million cases), France (39.9 million cases), Germany (38.38 million cases), and Brazil (37.36 million cases).