Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 20 April 2022

Overview

Globally, the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline since the end of March 2022. During the week of 11 through 17 April 2022, over 5 million cases and over 18 000 deaths were reported across the six WHO regions, a 24% and 12% decrease respectively, as compared to the previous week.

As of 17 April 2022, over 500 million confirmed cases and over 6 million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we provide updates on circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) and a special focus on applying Geographic Information Systems to the COVID-19 response.