120 88 36%  
Europe   Sweden  101 158 -36%  
Europe   Ireland  20 13 54%  
Europe   Estonia  18 10 80%  
Europe   Slovakia  7 9 -22%  
South -East Asia   Indonesia  164 18 811%  
Western Pacific   Malaysia  135 15 800%  
Western Pacific   Singapore  77 38 103%  
Western Pacific   New Zealand  39 38 3% 
Western Pacific   Brunei Darussalam  5 5 0% 
Western Pacific   Mongolia  0 0 N/A 
Western Pacific  Australia  163 220 -26%  
 
* N/A represents not applicable + WHO emphasizes the importance of maintaining reporting and encourages countries to report the absence of new 
admissions (“zero reporting”) if there are no new hospital or ICU admissions during the week.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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 Figure 7.  28 -day global COVID -19 new hospitalizations and ICU admissions, from 3 February 2020  to 7 January 
2024  (A); and  from 1 May  2023 to 7 January 2024  (B) 
   A 
 
 
B 
 
 
 
Note: Recent weeks are subject to reporting delays and data might not be complete, thus the data should be  interpret ed with caution. Cases included 
in grey bars are only from countries reporting hospitalizations or ICU admissions, respectively.  
 
 
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 Severity indicators  
 
The ICU -to-hospitalization ratio and death -to-hospitalization ratio have been key indicators for understanding 
COVID -19 severity throughout the pandemic. The ICU -to-hospitalization ratio is used