The global cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the world fell 3% last week, to 6.6 million, according to the epidemiological report published this Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Meanwhile, deaths from the disease were 12,689, a figure similar to that of the previous seven days, adds the report, cited by the agency EFE.
In Europe, cases fell by 24%, which did not prevent this from continuing to be the region with the most weekly infections (2.4 million). For its part, in America 1.6 million infections were detected, which represents a decrease of 12%, and in Asia-Pacific 2.1 million were reported, for 52% more than in the same previous period.
As for deaths, these fell by 2% in America to total 5,757 and in Europe they fell by 6%, accounting for 4,235. In contrast, in Asia-Pacific the deaths were 1,628, which represents 19% more than in the previous week.
Japan was for the first time the country with the most reported cases (969,000), followed by the United States with 860,000, Germany with 565,000, Italy with 531,000 and France with 508,000, according to the WHO report, according to which the country that reported the most deaths it was the US (2,637), followed by Brazil (1,396), Italy (952), Spain (810) and France (737).
In total, since the start of the pandemic, at least 568 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with 6.3 million deaths, points out the Spanish media, which cites data from the WHO.
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In America
In the Americas in particular, new cases of COVID-19 fell for the first time in five weeks, while deaths associated with the disease remained stable.
However, Mary Lou Valdez, deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that coronavirus infections are “still high” and confirmed that in the last week more than 1.6 million new infections were registered in the region.
Despite the fact that the cases have decreased on average, there are several countries that have registered increases, such as Canada, “where they have increased by 20% in the last week,” Valdez said, quoted by EFE.
Increases in new infections are also reported in Honduras, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba and in some Caribbean islands, while the Omicron variant continues to be predominant in America, as in Europe.
The difference with Europe, added the deputy director, is that “most of those infected pass their symptoms at home, leaving hospitals free for the most vulnerable patients.”
“In the Americas, a third of the population remains unvaccinated and 10 countries or territories have not even managed to vaccinate 40% of their population. Our region must take vaccination seriously,” added Valdez.
EFE / OnCuba
