According to the World Health Organisation, the number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide has fallen by 17% over the past week, while Covid-19 infections have soared, reversing the decline in cases that first began in January. gives.
In the UN health agencies’ weekly report on the pandemic, released late Tuesday, the WHO said last week there were more than 11 million new Covid-19 infections – an increase of about 8% – and 43,000 new deaths. Globally, the number of deaths due to Kovid-19 has been declining for the last three weeks.
The largest increases in cases were seen in the western Pacific and Africa, where infections rose 29% and 12%, respectively. Elsewhere, cases have declined by more than 20% in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Americas. In Europe, cases increased by about 2%.
The WHO said those numbers should be interpreted with caution. It noted that many countries are changing their COVID-19 testing strategies as they exit the acute phase of the pandemic, and are testing far fewer than before, meaning many new cases are going undetected. Huh. ,
In recent weeks, countries including Sweden and the UK have announced plans to drop widespread testing for COVID-19, saying the massive investment is no longer worth the effort. Nevertheless, there has been a slight increase in infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the UK, driven by the more infective omicron subvariant BA.2. Another contributing factor has been the suspension of almost all COVID-19 protocols as more people discard masks and gather in large numbers.
The WHO noted that although Covid-19 is declining in many regions, the western Pacific has seen an increase in numbers since December.
China banned most people leaving the coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists on Monday as the fast-spreading stealth omicron version of the country’s biggest outbreak since the start of the pandemic two years ago. Authorities also locked down the southern city of Shenzhen, which has 17.5 million people and a major tech and finance hub that borders Hong Kong, which has recently reported some of the highest COVID-19 death rates.
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