WHO Records the Highest Weekly Covid-19 Case Record Page all

KOMPAS.com – Acceleration corona virus accelerating around the world, with a spike in new cases over the past week.

World Health Organization (WHO) recorded nearly 2 million new cases Covid-19 for a week in the period 14-20 September 2020.

It was a weekly record high, and increased 6 percent from the previous week.

“The highest number of cases reported in one week since the start of the pandemic,” said WHO quoted from Barron’s, Tuesday (22/9/2020).

Since first appearing in China late last year, corona virus has infected more than 31 million people worldwide and killed more than 970,000, according to records Worldometer.

According to the WHO, nearly all regions of the world saw an increase in cases last week, with Europe and America accounting for 11 and 10 percent of cases, respectively.

Reportedly, only Africa experienced a decrease in cases of up to 12 percent from the previous week.

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Death comes down

Although infection cases in the world are increasing, WHO noted that the number of new deaths from the corona virus decreased last week.

About 37,700 new deaths as a result corona virus recorded worldwide, down 10 percent from the previous week.

This condition was driven by a decrease in the death rate in America, the worst-affected region, by 22 percent.

In addition, a decrease in the new death rate was also recorded in Africa by 16 percent.

America still accounts for half of all world infections and 55 percent of global deaths.

The significant decline in new deaths in the region was driven primarily by declines in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia.

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The United States and Brazil, the two countries with the most cases each reported more than 5,000 new deaths over the past week.

Meanwhile, Europe, which is facing a spike in cases, reported more than 4,000 deaths in the last seven days.

This figure has increased 27 percent compared to the previous week.

A number of European countries, such as France, Russia, Spain and the UK, have reported the number of cases of infection Covid-19 highest in the last week.

This condition forced several cities in Europe to re-implement restrictions in anticipation of a bigger spike.

Meanwhile, Britain is still the country with the highest death cases in the Blue Continent, with nearly 42,000 cases since the start of the pandemic.

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