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Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and up to August 09, 2022, a cumulative total of approximately 528 million COVID-19 cases including about 6.4 million deaths were reported from all six WHO regions. During the epidemiological week (EW) 31, cases decreased in all WHO regions (range: -45.7 - -3%) except for the region of Western Pacific (28.8% increase). COVID- 19 deaths decreased in four regions while they increased in EMRO (19%) and WPRO (4.1%).
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Globally, approximately 6,978,083 new COVID-19 cases were reported in EW 31 (July 31, 2022-August 06, 2022) - a 2.5% increase compared to EW 30 (July 24, 2022-July 30, 2022) (Figure 1). For the same period, 14,571 new COVID-19 deaths were reported globally – an 8.5% relative decrease compared to the previous week.
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In the region of the Americas, 1,346,886 cases and 6,048 deaths were reported in EW 31 - a -22.1% decrease in cases and -9.6% decrease in deaths compared to the previous week.
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At the subregional level, COVID-19 cases and deaths decreased in all four subregions (cases; range: -41.7 - -6.8%, deaths; range: -14.6 - -6.7%).
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The overall weekly case notification rate for the region of the Americas was 131.7 cases per 100,000 population during EW 31 (169 the previous week). Between EW 31 and 30, the 14-day COVID-19 death rate was 12.4 deaths per 1 million population (12.7 the previous two weeks).
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Among 34 countries/territories in the region with available data, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased in 7 countries and territories (range: 0.3% - 23.6%) during EW 31 compared to the previous week. Among 26 countries and territories with available data, COVID-19 ICU admissions increased in 8 countries and territories (range: 1.8% - 100%).
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