Israel's Total COVID-19 Cases per Million Population Become the Highest

Twenty-eight countries recorded a record increase in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Thursday, January 20, 2022. The top five countries were Israel, Denmark, Norway, Slovenia, and Japan. Worldometer recorded an average growth rate of 1.68 percent for these countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.83 percent. The highest record this week occurred in Israel, with a growth of 13.58 percent.

In Israel, as of today, the total number of COVID-19 cases is recorded at 2.04 million. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, growing by only 24.4 percent. The rate of increase in this region was significantly higher 30 days ago, reaching 50.04 percent.

Denmark is second with 3.16 percent. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 1.19 million. Today marks the peak of COVID-19 case increases in this region. According to data published on Worldometer, the number of COVID-19 cases in Denmark increased by 36,474 in a single day. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, with a growth rate of 18.89 percent.

Norway follows with a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 2.97 percent. With a total of 554,780 cases, the daily increase in COVID-19 in this region averaged 11,180 cases over the past week. Today marks the highest daily increase.

Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 339.48 million cases. The highest number of reported COVID-19 cases occurred in the United States (69.81 million cases), India (38.22 million cases), Brazil (23.42 million cases), the United Kingdom (15.51 million cases), and France (15.18 million cases).