Global deaths hierarchy
June 21, 2026
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Is the pandemic over?
WHO, pandemic on March 11, 2020
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---30-november-2022
Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 – 30 November 2022
Globally, 21 to 27 November 2022
New weekly cases, stable (+2%)
2.7 million new cases reported = 637 million confirmed cases
(full regional numbers and graphics presented)
Global new cases
Geographic spread and prevalence of VOCs 28 October to 28 November 2022
94,531 SARS-CoV-2 sequences
(mostly from high income countries)
94,485 sequences were Omicron
(99.9% of sequences reported globally)
Heterogenous testing, analysis and reporting
7 to 13 November 2022 (Globally)
BA.5 and descendent lineages, 73.0%
BQ.1 (direct descendent of BA.5) increase from 23.1% to 27.3%
(BQ.1 has over 30 descendent lineages)
BA.2 and descendent lineages, 10.1% (up from 7.9% in previous week)
BA.4 descendent lineages 2.8% (down from 3.4%)
Unassigned sequences (presumed to be Omicron), 10.1%
XBB 3.8% (recombination of BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75)
BA.2.75 6.6%
BA.4.6 2.9%.
BA.2.3.20 0.4%
New weekly deaths down, 5%
Deaths, +8,400 (on the week) = 6.6 million
In context
56 million deaths per year
https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death
The number of newly reported weekly deaths, regions
African Region (-79%)
49 African countries
Deaths, + 9 deaths
European Region (-35%)
Americas (+21%)
56 countries
Deaths, + 3,821
United States, + 2611 (+16%)
Brazil + 535 (+113%)
Canada + 268 (-10%).
European Region
61 countries
Deaths, down by 35%
Deaths, + 2,254
Italy, + 419 (-22%)
France, + 387 (-25%)
Russian Federation, + 386 (-10%)
Eastern Mediterranean Region (-20%)
22 countries
Deaths, + 40
Saudi Arabia, + 11 (-21%)
Iran, + 8 (-47%)
Lebanon, +7 (0 change)
Also
Western Pacific Region (+9%)