WHO: coronavirus deaths fell by 10 percent over the past seven days
the number of coronavirus outcomes increased by ten percent in the past seven days. The number of infections during the same period did not decrease, remaining at the same level. Such data on mortality and morbidity are given in the organization's newsletter, TASS reports.
From 22 to 28 November, COVID-19 was detected in 3.8 million people around the world, over 47 thousand died. “At the same time, the number of new deaths over the past seven days decreased by 10 percent compared to the previous week, there were reports of 47.5 thousand deaths,” the WHO noted.
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Europe accounts for 70 percent of all reported infections and 61 percent of deaths, with a 7 percent increase in incidence and a 2 percent decrease in deaths.
Significant increases in infections have been reported in Africa (93 percent) and Pacific (up 24 percent). Infection rates have significantly decreased in the Americas (by 24 percent) and in Southeast Asia (by 11 percent).
The largest number of cases of coronavirus is observed in the United States in a week (464,800). This is followed by Germany (406 754), Great Britain (304 374), Russia (239 215) and France (190 402). Since the beginning of the pandemic, 261 435 768 cases of COVID-19 infection and 5 207 634 deaths have been registered in the world.
Earlier, the director of the US National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Anthony Fauci said that the The omicron coronavirus strain has already been identified in 20 countries around the world. According to him, a total of 226 cases of infection with a new type of COVID-19 have been registered in the world.