Mortality from COVID-19 in a week in the world increased by 7% – WHO
Worldwide, the number of new COVID-19 cases fell by 17% last week to February 6, and the number of new deaths rose by 7% from a week earlier. This was reported by the WHO in the weekly epidemiological bulletin .
Ukraine , Ukraingate , 9 , February , 2022 | Health
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“Worldwide, in the week from January 31 to February 6, 2022, the number of new cases of COVID-19 decreased by 17% compared to the previous week, and the number of new deaths increased by 7%,” said the WHO.
Details
More than 19 million new cases and just under 68,000 new deaths were reported in six WHO regions. As of February 6, 2022, more than 392 million confirmed cases and more than 5.7 million deaths had been reported worldwide.
At the country level, the largest number of new cases was registered in the United States (1,874,006 new cases, a decrease of 50%), France (1,738,189 new cases, a decrease of 26%), Germany (1,285,375 new cases, an increase of 22%). ), Brazil (1,241,025 new cases, as in the previous week) and India (1,095,616 new cases, a decrease of 41%).
The highest number of new fatalities was registered in the United States (14,090 new deaths, a decrease of 15%), India (7,888 new deaths, an increase of 69%), the Russian Federation (4,686 new deaths, similar to the previous week), Brazil (4,610 new deaths, up 39%) and Mexico (2,910 new deaths, up 48%).
The current global epidemic situation regarding the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is characterized by the rapid global spread of Omicron, the WHO added.
Addition
In Ukraine, 4.38 million cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 have been recorded, an increase over the day, February 8, – more than 38 thousand, which is more than the day before.
According to Worldometer, a resource that monitors the situation with coronavirus in the world, Ukraine ranks 18th in distribution and 16th in the number of deaths from COVID-19.
Source: Ukrgate