GENEVA – The global number of new Covid-19 cases increased sharply by 71% last week compared to the previous week, but the number of new deaths decreased by 10%, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.
WHO said in a weekly update on the pandemic situation that there were about 9.5 million new cases and over 41,000 new deaths reported from December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2022, Xinhua reported.
All regions reported an increase in the incidence of weekly cases, with the United States reporting the largest increase (100%), followed by Southeast Asia (78%) and Europe (65%).
WHO said that while Africa still reported a weekly increase in the number of new deaths, all the other regions in the world reported a decrease compared to the previous week. – Bernama, January 7, 2022
