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Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and up to July 26, 2022, acumulative total of 568,711,025COVID-19cases including 6,715,904 deaths were reported from all six WHO regions. During epidemiological week (EW) 29 (July 17, 2022-July 23, 2022), weekly cases and deaths decreased in 3 regions while it increased in WPRO, SEARO, and EMRO. The largest variation in cases and deaths compared to the previous week was reported by WPRO – 52% increase in cases – and EMRO – 88% increase in deaths – respectively.
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Globally, approximately 6,715,904 new COVID-19 cases were reported in EW 29 – a 1.1% decrease compared to EW 28 (July 10, 2022-July 16, 2022) (Figure 1). For the same period, 12,875 new COVID-19 deaths were reported globally – a 1.4 % relative increase compared the previous week.
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In the region of the Americas, 1,633,813 cases and 5,780 deaths were reported in EW 29 – an 11.6% decrease in cases and 1.5% decrease in deaths compared to the previous week.
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Atthesubregionallevel,COVID-19casesincreasedinonesubregion–CaribbeanandAtlanticOceanIslands–and decreased in the remaining three. Weekly deaths declined in the South America and the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands subregions while it increased in Central America and plateaued in North America.
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The overall weekly case notification rate for the region of the Americas was 159.7 cases per 100,000 population during EW 29 (180.7 the previous week). Between EW 29 and 28, the 14-day COVID-19 death rate was 11.4 deaths per 1 million population (10.8 the previous two weeks).
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Among31countries/territoriesintheregionwithavailabledata,COVID-19hospitalizationsincreasedin8countries and territories (range: 5.2% - 58.2%) during EW 29 compared to the previous week. Among 25 countries and territories with available data, COVID-19 ICU admissions increased in 8 countries and territories (range: 2.9% - 250%).
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