Outbreak Brief 98: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (23 November 2021), 3,876,613 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, including 48,347 new deaths, have been reported globally. To date, a global total of 260,789,592 COVID-19 cases and 5,200,361 related deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 2%) have been reported by 226 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO). The distribution of cumulative cases (proportion of global cases) from the WHO reporting regions (excluding Africa) are as follows: Eastern Mediterranean Region 14,289,423 (5%), European Region 86,446,525 (33%), Region of the Americas 96,650,725 (37%), South-East Asia Region 44,543,649 (17%) and Western Pacific Region 10,196,936 (4%). In the last seven days, the five countries reporting the highest number of new cases globally are the United States (432,469), Germany (405,475), the United Kingdom (301,423), the Russian Federation (237,394) and France (202,295). For more detailed information on cases and deaths reported outside of Africa, refer to the WHO COVID-19 dashboard.