COVID-19 Situation R
Epi update
As of April 6, the WHO COVID-19 Dashboard reports:
- 762 million cumulative COVID-19 cases
- 6.89 million deaths
- 711,352 million cases reported week of March 27
- 12% decrease in global weekly incidence
- 4,745 deaths reported week of March 27
- 25% decrease in global weekly mortality
Over the previous week, incidence declined or remained relatively stable in all WHO regions except the South-East Asia (+90%) region.
UNITED STATES
The US CDC is reporting:
- 104.1 million cumulative cases
- 1.12 million deaths
- 139,991 cases week of March 29 (down from previous week)
- 1,596 deaths week of March 29 (down from previous week)
- 10.2% weekly decrease in new hospital admissions
- 11.4% weekly decrease in current hospitalizations
The Omicron sublineages XBB.1.5 (87.9%), XBB.1.9.1 (4.6%), XBB (2.5%), and XBB.1.5.1 (2.1%) currently account for a majority of all new sequenced specimens, with various other Omicron subvariants accounting for the remainder of cases.
The New York Times this week launched a “build-your-own-dashboard” to track COVID-19 in US locations.
