COVID-19 incidence on planet reached maximum for pandemic in 2022

The TASS agency shared its data on coronavirus statistics. In January, the number of confirmed coronavirus infection cases worldwide increased by 90 million at once. This is 3.6 times more than in December, 4.7 times more than in January 2021, and is comparable to the total number of cases in the second half of the past year.

The news outlet called the United States, France, and other European countries epicenters of the new wave. Most of the cases - about 20 million - were detected per month in the United States. However, if in early January about 600 thousand new cases were registered there per day, and by the middle - 900 thousand, then in the last days of the month - already 300 thousand.

In France, the maximum - over 500 thousand infected per day - was recorded on January 25. However, by February 1, the number of detected infections had dropped by almost a quarter.

In India, the new wave was not as strong as the previous one - when the number of cases per day exceeded 400 thousand in spring. The peak indicator in mid-January was a little less than 350 thousand cases per day, and by the end of the month, the incidence had decreased by about half - to 170 thousand.

In Argentina, the peak of the next wave of the pandemic also occurred in mid-January when about 140 thousand infected people were recorded there per day (now about 40 thousand). At the same time, in just a month, 2.7 million people were infected in the republic against 360 thousand in December.

In some places, the spread of the infection is still accelerating: in January, the incidence increased immediately by ten times in Germany, peaked in Poland and the Czech Republic (about 55 thousand infected per day), and Ukraine and Romania (about 35 thousand). Russia reported 1.4 million infections in a month, more than 1.5 times more than in December. In Turkey, the number of detected cases has almost tripled since the end of last year by early February.

The infection rate has decreased by almost a third since the BEGINNING of the year in the UK (now there are about 80 thousand infected daily). Amid this situation, the country decided to cancel the validity of vaccine passports, the mask regime, and self-isolation.

The Swedish authorities also decided to abolish all COVID restrictions from February 9. Restrictive measures are also being lifted by neighboring Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Switzerland.

Despite the rise in the incidence in Brazil (more than 280 thousand cases are recorded per day), the authorities are also considering recognizing COVID as an endemic disease.

Despite a severe rise in morbidity, mortality due to a new infection is practically not growing in the world. In January, more than 233,000 people died on the planet, which is only 10% higher than in December and was significantly less than a year ago when more than 400,000 deaths were recorded due to COVID.

The highest mortality is still in the United States - more than 3 thousand deaths are recorded there daily, and about 65 thousand deaths per month. However, in January 2021, these figures were almost one and a half times higher.

A slight increase in mortality is noted in some European countries - Italy, Spain, Great Britain, France. Now 300-400 deaths are recorded there daily, though earlier, the figure did not exceed 100.