WHO新冠流行周报(2022年5月18日)：全球新冠流行状况暂时稳定

自2022年3月底以来，全球新冠感染人数与死亡人数呈持续下降趋势。在过去一周（5月9日至5月15日），感染人数稳定在于上周相同的水平。全球一共报道了360万感染者，相比上周增加了1%。死亡人数则持续了下降的势头。本周累计报道9000例因感染而死亡案例，较上周下降21%。

截止2022年5月15日，全球累计报道新冠确诊感染患者5.18亿人次，全球累计死亡人数600万。

在本期周报中，我们更新了循环SARS-CoV-2 VOCs信息，并且重点关注了环境监测的信息。

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Globally, after the continued decline observed since the end of March 2022, new weekly COVID-19 cases have stabilized during the reporting period (9 May to 15 May 2022), with over 3.6 million cases reported, a 1% increase as compared to the previous week. The number of new weekly deaths continues to decline, with over 9000 new deaths reported during the same period, representing a 21% decrease as compared to the previous week.

As of 15 May 2022, over 518 million confirmed cases and over six million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we provide an update on: The geographic distribution of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs), including the prevalence. A special focus on environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to complement public health surveillance.