Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 11 May 2022
Edition 91
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 2 through 8 May 2022, over 3.5 million cases and
over 12 000 deaths were reported, decreases of 12% and 25% respectively, as
compared to the previous week. However, an increase in the number of new weekly
cases was reported from the Region of the Americas (+14%) and the African
Region (+12%) and an increase in the number of weekly deaths was reported from
the African Region (+84%).
As of 8 May 2022, over 514 million confirmed cases and over six
million deaths have been reported globally.
In this edition, we provide an update on the geographic distribution of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs), including the prevalence and summary of current evidence of the Omicron variant. We also provide updates on vaccine effectiveness for the Omicron variant.