East Asia  Indonesia  1337  149  797%  
South -East Asia  Bangladesh  21 23 -9% 
Western Pacific  Brunei Darussalam  588  161  265%  
Western Pacific  Malaysia  9312  4137  125%  
Western Pacific  Singapore  2619  1719  52%  
Western Pacific  New Zealand  1726  1484  16%  
Western Pacific  Mongolia  55 106  -48%  
 
*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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 New ICU admissions  
Across the six WHO regions, in the past 28 days, a total of 4 2 (19%) countries reported data to WHO on new ICU 
admissions at least once (Figure 8). The African Region had the highest proportion of countries reporting data on 
new ICU admissions (13 countries; 26%), followed by the European Region (12 countries; 20%), the Region of the 
Americas (10 countries, 14%), the Western Pacific Region (six countries; 17%) , and the South -East Asia Region (one 
country; 10%). No country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region reported ICU data during the period. The 
proportion of coun tries that consistently reported new ICU admissions for the period was 8% (1 8 countries). 
Among the 1 8 countries consistently reporting new ICU admissions, eight ( 44%) countries showed an increase of 
20% or greater in new ICU admissions during the past 28 days compared to the previous 28 -day period: Indones