New COVID-19 cases increase sharply as new deaths decreased worldwide: WHO

Xinhua News Agency

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 Organization (WHO) said Thursday.

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 Dec. 27 of 2021 to Jan. 2 of this year.

All regions reported an increase in the incidence of weekly cases, with America reporting the largest increase at 100%, followed by South-East Asia at 78%, and Europe at 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 as compared to the previous week. (Xinhua)-rir

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