Covid-19 Updates
A Village Health Worker group gathers in the village of Dimaska, Nigeria, in early February, 2022.
Global Health Ministries’ COVID-19 Task Force is regularly gathering data for each of our 13 partner countries for a high-level look at confirmed Covid cases, deaths and vaccine doses administered. This most recent update is based on World Health Organization (WHO) reporting as of 1 February, 2022 (covid19.who.int).
Key take-aways from this update include:
There was an increase of 19% of Covid deaths among GHM’s 13 partner countries during the past 6 months as reported to WHO.
While the USA has reported sizable increases in cases and deaths during the past months due to the Omicron variant, our GHM partner countries had not reported sizable increases in cases.
Vaccinations increased 266% during the past 6 months in our GHM partner countries.
El Salvador, India and Nicaragua had the highest reported rates of full vaccination, whereas Cameroon, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Sudan and Tanzania had the lowest rates.
Globally, nearly 10 billion doses of Covid vaccines have been administered, and 4.1 billion people are considered fully vaccinated.
Below are more detailed summaries of COVID-19 impact in GHM partner countries, again based on WHO reporting as of 1 February, 2022.
Covid-19 Status in GHM Partner Countries
Covid Vaccination Status in GHM Partner Countries
This chart reports the number of vaccination doses administered as well as fully vaccinated individuals, per 100 population as of 1 February, 2022.
The following charts share trends during the past five months (Aug 4 - Feb 1, 2022) for GHM’s partner countries, again compiled from information reported to WHO:
Covid-19 Death Trends
Covid-19 Case Trends
Covid-19 Vaccination Trends
Many thanks to Lon Kightlinger, MSPH, Ph.D., Epidemiologist and GHM Board and COVID-19 Task Force member, for compiling this country-specific information. He wisely urges us to consider country-to-country comparisons with caution, particularly as completeness of data reported to WHO varies between countries over time. This blog will continue to be updated as new information becomes available.