Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 9 November 2022

Overview

Globally, the number of new weekly cases decreased by 15% during the week of 31 October to 6 November 2022, as compared to the previous week, with over 2.1 million new cases reported. The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 10%, as compared to the previous week, with about 9400 fatalities reported. As of 6 November 2022, 629 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).