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Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and up to April 12, 2022, a cumulative total of over 497 million COVID- 19 cases including close to 6.2 million deaths were reported from all six WHO regions. Cases and deaths declined across all WHO regions during EW 14.
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Globally, approximately 7.2 million COVID-19 cases were reported in epidemiological week (EW) 14 (April 03, 2022-April 09, 2022) - a 24.2% decrease compared to EW 13 (March 27, 2022-April 02, 2022) (Figure 1). For the same period, 22,387 new COVID-19 deaths were reported globally – a 17.9% relative decrease compared the previous week.
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In the region of the Americas, 503,848 cases and 5,734 deaths were reported in EW 14 - a -5.9% decrease in cases and -22.4% decrease in deaths compared to the previous week.
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At the subregional level, COVID-19 cases increased in 2 subregions which are North America (6.9% increase) and the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands (5.1% increase), while COVID-19 deaths decreased in all the subregions.
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The overall weekly case notification rate for the region of the Americas was 49.3 cases per 100,000 population during EW 14 (52.3 the previous week) and this rate has been declining consecutively for nearly three months since the beginning of 2022. Between EW 14 and 13, the 14-day COVID-19 death rate was 12.8 deaths per 1 million population (26.4 the previous two weeks).
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Among 36 countries/territories in the region with available data, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased in 11 countries and territories (range: 9.8% - 400%) during EW 14 compared to the previous week. Among 30 countries and territories with available data, COVID-19 ICU admissions increased in 6 countries and territories (range: 12.5% - 10 %).
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As of April 8, 2022, the cumulative vaccination rates with completed schedule per 100 people in the Region of the Americas ranged from 0.9 to 94.6%.
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