Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 7 December 2022

Overview

Globally, the number of new weekly cases remained stable (-3%) during the week of 28 November to 4 December 2022 as compared to the previous week with just under 3 million new cases reported. The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 17% as compared to the previous week with about 7800 fatalities reported. As of 4 December 2022, over 641 million confirmed cases and 6.6 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) and Omicron subvariants under monitoring.
• An update on hospitalizations and ICU admissions related to COVID-19