From December 6 to 12, four million new cases and 47,000 deaths were registered in the world.
After almost two months of continuous increases in cases, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed slightly last week, in which global infections fell 5%, while deaths, whose curve has been relatively stable since October, fell by a 10%, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
From December 6 to 12, four million new cases and 47,000 deaths were registered worldwide, according to the latest weekly epidemiological report from the Geneva-based organization.
More than half of cases (2.6 million) and deaths (28,000) were registered again in Europe, which has continued to be the region most affected by the pandemic for several weeks, although this meant a 7% decrease in new positives and 3% in deaths.
In second place was America, with 837,000 cases, 10% less than in the previous week, and 10,000 deaths, 3% less.
Africa, the continent where the omicron variant of the coronavirus was first detected (currently present in at least 77 countries) registered an increase of 111% in cases last week, although its absolute figures are relatively small (167,000 positives from February 6 to 12). December).
In addition, the African continent is still by far the region with the fewest deaths from coronavirus on the planet: 491 last week, which was even a decrease of 1% compared to the previous seven days despite the fact that the incidence of cases has doubled .
The countries with the most cases last week were again the US (674,000 infections, 9% less than in the previous period), Germany (351,000, 11% less), the United Kingdom (350,000, 13% more) and France (335,000, representing an increase of 19%).
In the accumulated pandemic, at least 270 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with 5.3 million deaths.
8.52 billion anticovid vaccines have been administered on the planet, with which 56% of the world population has received at least one dose, a percentage that drops to 7.3% in low-income countries, according to data from the national health networks. (I)
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