Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 19 January 2023

Globally, nearly 2.8 million new cases and over 13 000 deaths were reported in the week of 9 to 15 January 2023. In the last 28 days (19 December 2022 to 15 January 2023), nearly 13 million cases and almost 53 000 new deaths were reported globally – a decrease of 7% and an increase of 20%, respectively, compared to the previous 28 days. As of 15 January 2023, over 662 million confirmed cases and over 6.7 million deaths have been reported globally.