Six countries recorded record growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Sunday, August 6, 2023: Slovenia, Denmark, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Iran (Islamic Republic), and Afghanistan. Worldometer recorded an average growth rate of 0 percent for these countries. This average is down from 0 percent the previous week. The highest record this week occurred in Slovenia with a growth of 646,920.
In Slovenia, as of today, the total number of COVID-19 cases is recorded at 1.34 million. The growth in cases over the last week has begun to decline, growing by only 0 percent. The addition of cases in this region was previously quite high, reaching 0 percent 30 days ago.
Denmark is second with 545,430. The total number of COVID-19 cases in this country is recorded at 3.18 million. This region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, February 3, 2022, when the daily increase reached 52,009 cases. The growth in cases over the last week has begun to decline, with a growth rate of 0 percent.
Lithuania recorded a total of 496,670 COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. The total number of cases in the country is 1.32 million. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 20.57 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, with a record of 106,670 cases per day.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 687.82 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (107.55 million cases), India (45 million cases), France (40.14 million cases), Germany (38.43 million cases), and Brazil (37.73 million cases).