The number of infections in the world, which has increased since mid-October, grew 46% in the last seven days compared to the previous week.
More than a million new daily cases of covid 19 in the world were registered in the week of December 23 to 29, according to an AFP count.
In the last seven days, more than 7.3 million new cases of covid-19, which represents an average of 1,045,000 infections per day.
These figures far exceed the record before the current wave, which was reached between April 23 and 29, 2021 (of 817,000 daily cases). They are based on the daily reports of the health authorities of each country.
An important part of less severe or asymptomatic cases remain undetected despite intensified testing in many countries since the start of the pandemic, following the discovery of the virus in late 2019.
Also, testing policies differ from country to country.
The number of infections worldwide, which have increased since mid-October, increased 46% in the last seven days compared to last week.
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Wednesday that the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant, it could cause a “tsunami of cases”.
This puts and will continue to put enormous pressure on exhausted healthcare workers and healthcare systems on the brink of collapse.
Warned.
More than 85% of current contaminations are concentrated between two regions where omicron is very present: Europe (4,022,000 cases in the last seven days, that is, 36% more than the previous week) and the United States and Canada (2,264,000 cases, + 83%). In this last week, the pandemic only receded in Asia (268,000 cases, -12%).
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Unlike contaminations, the number of deaths related to covid-19 continues to decline since three weeks ago.
In the last seven days, some 6,400 virus-related deaths (6% less than the previous week), the lowest level since October 2020.
At the height of the pandemic, between January 20 and 26, there were 14,800 deaths a day. (I)
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