Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 17 August 2022

Overview

Globally, the number of new weekly cases decreased by 24% during the week of 8 to 14 August 2022, as compared to the previous week, with over 5.4 million new cases reported. The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 6%, as compared to the previous week, with over 15 000 fatalities reported.

As of 14 August 2022, 587 million confirmed cases and 6.4 million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we include:

• An update on the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs), including their geographic spread, prevalence, summary of phenotypic characteristics of the Omicron VOC, and impact of vaccines.
• The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and regional levels