South Korea reported the most cases in the world in the past week with 1,043,562 though it was a 32% weekly decline and deaths were third in the world with 1,797 behind the United States and Russia.
Conversely, India, which has the second-highest population in the world at 1.4 billion, reported only 66 weekly deaths, including just one on Thursday with four Sunday for a total of 521,751, third behind the United States and Brazil.
In all, a total of 504,530,873 cases have been reported worldwide, including 7,611,566 in the past week, in tracking by Worldometers.info on Sunday.
10 before the Omicron variant dominated and 2,142 deaths Sunday, the lowest since 2,088 March 23, 2020 during the start of the pandemic.
There has been a spike in some places in the world, including a 4% weekly cases rise in the United States though deaths are down 38%.
“It depends on how high we go up in the surge, and it depends on whether the surge is associated with an increase in severe disease.
The record was 470 on March 24 with the mark until this year 109 on Dec.
On Friday, health authorities announced plans for the end to virtually all restrictions, including no limits on hours for retail and restaurants plus no size restrictions for weddings and rallies.
India is disputing calculations by the World Health Organization more than 4 million people have died from COVID-19 instead of the official more than 500,000.
On March 26, China reported the first two deaths since a year ago January for a total of 4,638 in 88th, behind Sudan with 4,929.
Most of the new cases have occurred in Shanghai, where the entire 25 million residents have been in a lockdown as the city has struggled to contain the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Hong Kong reported 747 cases Sunday, the first time under 800 in nine weeks, for a total of 1,197,825 with the record 56,827 on March 10, and 29 fatalities for a cumulative 9,139, including a record 294 March 11.
Elsewhere in Asia, Indonesia is ninth in deaths at 155,866, including 22 Sunday and 18th in cases at 6,039,873 with 607 Sunday.
The Asian nation added 14,680 cases Sunday with the record 203,036 in March.
France had the second-most, 844,653, dropping 11% and is at 26,839,721 in fourth overall in the world, adding 111,583 Saturday with the record 501,635 Feb.
On Sunday, Russia’s deaths were the least since 219 Oct.
Most nations in Europe are heavily vaccinated, according to tracking by Bloomberg.
On Saturday, the United States reported 80 deaths and 12,890 cases though only eight states reported data.
The last time cases were under above 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 115,931 Feb.
Mexico is fifth in the world in deaths at 323,938 with a weekly decrease of 34% and 35 recorded Saturday and the record 1,417 in late January a year ago.
Canada’s cases decreased 1% in one week with 8,533 Saturday after 19,215 Thursday, for 32nd with 3,568,118 The record was 55,359 in mid-January.
Canada has low rates per million with deaths at 999 and cases 94,757.
Brazil’s deaths declined 33% and cases were down 30% with 2,775 most recently, for a total of 30,250,077 in third.
In New Zealand, cases declined 23% with the nation of 5 million people reporting only a few hundred cases a day before the Omicron variant, including a record 216 at the time on Nov.
The nation is on a traffic light system.
It includes those isolated with pandemic restrictions and also young graduates taking long-delayed “overseas experience” trips.
Australia reported 32,527 cases Sunday with a record of 150,702 in mid-January and a 14% weekly drop.
Overall, South Africa has reported 3,740,398 cases, in 29th worldwide, with 1,206 Saturday.
“Despite the decreasing infections, it is crucial that countries remain vigilant and maintain surveillance measures, including genomic surveillance to swiftly detect circulating COVID-19 variants, enhance testing and scale up vaccination,” said Dr.