Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 12 October 2022

Globally, the number of new weekly cases decreased by 10% during the week of 3 to 9 October 2022, as compared to the previous week, with over 2.8 million new cases reported. The number of new weekly deaths remained stable (-1%), as compared to the previous week, with about 9000 fatalities reported.

As of 9 October 2022, 618 million confirmed cases and 6.5 million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we include:

• An update on the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs).
• The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and regional levels.