Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 16 November 2022

Globally, the number of new weekly cases increased by 2% during the week of 7 to 13 November 2022, as compared to the previous week, with over 2.3 million new cases reported. The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 30%, as compared to the previous week, with about 7400 fatalities reported. As of 13 November 2022, 632 million confirmed cases and 6.5 million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we include:

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