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Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and up to August 16, 2022, a cumulative total of 587 million COVID-19 cases including 6.4 million deaths were reported from all six WHO regions. During epidemiological week (EW) 32, cases decreased in all WHO six regions (range: -40.3 - - 10.7%) and deaths decreased in four regions (range: -38.9 - -7%) while they increased in WPRO (30.7%) and SEARO (11.7%).
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Globally, approximately 5,275,217 new COVID-19 cases were reported in EW 32 (August 07, 2022-August 13, 2022) - a -26.3% decrease compared to EW 31 (July 31, 2022-August 06, 2022) (Figure 1). For the same period, 14,019 new COVID-19 deaths were reported globally – a -12.5% relative decrease compared the previous week.
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In the region of the Americas, 1,167,260 cases and 6,160 deaths were reported in EW 32 - a -16.1% decrease in cases and -3.8% decrease in deaths compared to the previous week.
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At the subregional level, COVID-19 cases decreased in all four subregions (range: -18.3 - - 7.5%), whereas COVID-19 deaths increased in all the subregions (range: 1.2 – 8.6%) except for the North American subregion (-7.7%).
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The overall weekly case notification rate for the region of the Americas was 113.8 cases per 100,000 population during EW 32 (136.1 the previous week). Between EW 32 and 31, the 14- day COVID-19 death rate was 12.3 deaths per 1 million population (12.9 the previous two weeks).
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Among 29 countries/territories in the region with available data, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased in 5 countries and territories (range: 4.8% - 200%) during EW 32 compared to the previous week. Among 22 countries and territories with available data, COVID-19 ICU admissions increased in 8 countries and territories (range: 5% - 100%).
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