good news! “WHO” reported acrossThe world is sick with COVID –19 Reduced week 6 But must watch “Mutants” epidemic quickly
Weekly report on the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease outbreak by World Health Organization (WHO) And published yesterday (24 Feb) indicating that the number of COVID-19 cases New cases around the world dropped for the sixth week, but the virus Mutant With a high infection rate Is spreading rapidly
New cases fell 11% compared to the previous week. With North America, South America, Europe, Africa and the Western Pacific region There was a decrease in new patients. The Americas had the most weekly drop in new cases by 19% and the US remained the country with the highest weekly new cases of 480,467.
The WHO said the death toll is also likely to decline, with a 20 percent drop compared to the previous week.
The cumulative total of 110 million cases worldwide and 2.5 million deaths since the pandemic. Both numbers may increase further Due to the virus Mutant With a high infection rate Is spreading around the world.
Currently, 101 countries have confirmed the virus detection. Mutant The first time found in the United Kingdom and 51 countries confirmed the virus detection. Mutant First found in South Africa
Recently, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebrijesus warned that although the number of new cases continues to decline, “the fire of the epidemic is not going out. If any area stops fighting the fire It will burn fierce again. “
Source of Xinhua News Agency
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