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  "chart": {
    "title": "Biweekly confirmed COVID-19 cases",
    "subtitle": "Biweekly confirmed cases refer to the cumulative number of confirmed cases over the previous two weeks.",
    "citation": "World Health Organization (2026)",
    "originalChartUrl": "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/biweekly-confirmed-covid-19-cases?csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false",
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      "French Polynesia",
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      "titleShort": "Biweekly cases",
      "titleLong": "Biweekly cases",
      "descriptionShort": "Cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the previous two weeks. Counts can include probable cases, where reported.",
      "descriptionKey": [
        "_Confirmed_ cases represent the number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infections as reported to WHO, but may not capture the true scale of infection due to varying testing strategies, case definitions, and underreporting.",
        "Data are presented by date of reporting rather than symptom onset, and retrospective updates or corrections by countries can lead to sudden spikes or negative values.",
        "Since WHO relies on Member State reporting, differences in local definitions, testing capacities, and reporting practices can affect international comparisons and trending over time.",
        "We provide more detail on these points in [Cases of COVID-19: background](https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases#cases-of-covid-19-background)."
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      "shortName": "biweekly_cases",
      "lastUpdated": "2026-07-04",
      "nextUpdate": "2026-08-04",
      "citationShort": "World Health Organization (2026) – processed by Our World in Data",
      "citationLong": "World Health Organization (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. “Biweekly cases” [dataset]. World Health Organization, “COVID-19 Dashboard WHO COVID-19 Dashboard - Daily cases and deaths” [original data].",
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    }
  },
  "dateDownloaded": "2026-07-05",
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