Distribution of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide as of December 22, 2022

As of December 22, 2022, the countries with the highest share of COVID-19 cases worldwide included the United States, India, and France with the U.S. accounting for just over 15 percent of cases worldwide. This statistic shows the distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide as of December 22, 2022.

The various types of human coronavirus

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the seventh known coronavirus to infect humans; its emergence makes it the third in recent years to cause widespread infectious disease, following the viruses responsible for SARS and MERS. Common human coronaviruses typically cause mild symptoms such as a cough or a cold, but the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has led to more severe respiratory illnesses and deaths worldwide.