COVID-19 epidemiological update 17 June 2024 – World Health Organization (WHO)

Overview

SARS-CoV-2 PCR percent positivity, as detected in integrated sentinel surveillance as part of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) and reported to FluNet was 6.3% from 80 countries during the week ending 26 May 2024 compared 7.1% from 87 countries from the previous week.

KP.2 and KP.3, both descendent lineages of JN.1 and variants under monitoring (VUMs) continue to show increasing prevalence globally. They accounted for 22.7% and 22.4% of sequences in week 21 compared to 14.6% and 13.0% in week 18, respectively. Globally, JN.1 is the most reported variant of interest (VOI) (now reported by 132 countries), accounting for 47.1% of sequences in week 21 and having declined from a prevalence of 56.0% in week 18.

Globally, the number of new cases decreased by 11% during the past 28-day period of 29 April to 26 May 2024 compared to the previous 28-day period (1 to 28 April 2024), with over one hundred and twenty-nine thousand new cases reported. The number of new deaths decreased by 36% as compared to the previous 28-day period, with over 1800 new fatalities reported. As of 26 May 2024, over 775 million confirmed cases and more than seven million deaths have been reported globally.

During the period from 29 April to 26 May 2024, COVID-19 new hospitalizations and admissions to an intensive care unit (ICU) both recorded an overall decrease of 57% and 38% with over 14 000 and more than 400 admissions, respectively, from countries consistently reporting.

WHO published the latest COVID-19 Vaccination Insights Report for quarter one (Jan-Mar) 2024. Globally, 9.8 million individuals received a dose of COVID-19 vaccine across 73 reporting Member States (MS). containing 22% of the global population. Among older adults, 4.9 million individuals received a dose across the 60 MS reporting on uptake in this group, corresponding to an uptake rate of 0.42% so far this year.

In this edition, we include:

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COVID-19 epidemiological update 17 June 2024 - World Health Organization (WHO)