United Nations: Weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline globally World Health Organization has said, noting that there has been a decrease in the incidence of cases and deaths in the last two months. Southeast Asian Region.
The Covid-19 weekly epidemiological update released this week states that there were over 3.3 million new cases and over 55,000 new deaths during the week of September 20-26, 2021, a 10 percent increase over the previous was lacking. weeks for both cases and deaths.
Globally, the number of weekly Covid-19 cases and deaths continued to decline, it said.
The largest reduction in new weekly cases was reported from the eastern Mediterranean region (17 percent), followed by western pacific (15 percent), the Americas region (14 percent), the African region (12 percent) and the South-East Asia region (10 percent); while the weekly european region Was similar to last week.
All regions except the European region and the African region saw a decline of more than 15 percent in the number of new weekly deaths reported. The biggest drop in weekly deaths was reported from the western Pacific, down 24 percent from the previous week.
Globally, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at over 231 million and the cumulative number of deaths is over 4.7 million. around the world, cases of Alpha The variant has been reported in 193 countries, regions or regions, while 142 countries have reported cases of the beta variant and 96 countries have reported cases. gamma type. The delta variant has been reported in 187 countries in all six WHO regions as of 28 September.
The WHO update states that the highest number of new cases came from the US (765,827 new cases; 31 percent decrease), Brazil (247,397 new cases; 135 percent increase due to change in reporting), United Kingdom (230,494 new cases) . cases; 14 percent increase), India (204,582 new cases; same as last week), and Turkey (192,778 new cases; same as last week), while most new deaths were from the US (14,842 new deaths, a 17 percent decrease). , Russia (5,469 new deaths as of last week), Mexico (3,689 new deaths, a 13 percent increase), Brazil (3,727 new deaths, a 10 percent increase), and Iran (2,967 new deaths, a 23 percent decrease) respectively.
In the Southeast Asian region, the incidence of both cases and deaths has declined over the past two months. In the past week, more than 344,000 new cases and 5,200 new deaths were recorded, which are 10 percent and 20 percent less, respectively, than the previous week.
This week, the highest number of new cases were reported from India (204,582 new cases; 14.8 new cases per 100,000; similar to last week’s figures), Thailand (85,143 new cases; 122.0 new cases per 100,000; a decrease of 10 percent) and Indonesia (17,250 new cases; 6.3 new cases per 100,000; a 26 percent decrease).
Seven of the 10 countries in the Southeast Asian region reported a decline in weekly deaths, with significant reductions being reported from Nepal (38 percent) and Indonesia (37 percent). Bhutan did not report any new deaths.
It said the highest number of new deaths were reported from India (2,080 new deaths), Indonesia (999 new deaths) and Thailand (905 new deaths).
The Covid-19 weekly epidemiological update released this week states that there were over 3.3 million new cases and over 55,000 new deaths during the week of September 20-26, 2021, a 10 percent increase over the previous was lacking. weeks for both cases and deaths.
Globally, the number of weekly Covid-19 cases and deaths continued to decline, it said.
The largest reduction in new weekly cases was reported from the eastern Mediterranean region (17 percent), followed by western pacific (15 percent), the Americas region (14 percent), the African region (12 percent) and the South-East Asia region (10 percent); while the weekly european region Was similar to last week.
All regions except the European region and the African region saw a decline of more than 15 percent in the number of new weekly deaths reported. The biggest drop in weekly deaths was reported from the western Pacific, down 24 percent from the previous week.
Globally, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at over 231 million and the cumulative number of deaths is over 4.7 million. around the world, cases of Alpha The variant has been reported in 193 countries, regions or regions, while 142 countries have reported cases of the beta variant and 96 countries have reported cases. gamma type. The delta variant has been reported in 187 countries in all six WHO regions as of 28 September.
The WHO update states that the highest number of new cases came from the US (765,827 new cases; 31 percent decrease), Brazil (247,397 new cases; 135 percent increase due to change in reporting), United Kingdom (230,494 new cases) . cases; 14 percent increase), India (204,582 new cases; same as last week), and Turkey (192,778 new cases; same as last week), while most new deaths were from the US (14,842 new deaths, a 17 percent decrease). , Russia (5,469 new deaths as of last week), Mexico (3,689 new deaths, a 13 percent increase), Brazil (3,727 new deaths, a 10 percent increase), and Iran (2,967 new deaths, a 23 percent decrease) respectively.
In the Southeast Asian region, the incidence of both cases and deaths has declined over the past two months. In the past week, more than 344,000 new cases and 5,200 new deaths were recorded, which are 10 percent and 20 percent less, respectively, than the previous week.
This week, the highest number of new cases were reported from India (204,582 new cases; 14.8 new cases per 100,000; similar to last week’s figures), Thailand (85,143 new cases; 122.0 new cases per 100,000; a decrease of 10 percent) and Indonesia (17,250 new cases; 6.3 new cases per 100,000; a 26 percent decrease).
Seven of the 10 countries in the Southeast Asian region reported a decline in weekly deaths, with significant reductions being reported from Nepal (38 percent) and Indonesia (37 percent). Bhutan did not report any new deaths.
It said the highest number of new deaths were reported from India (2,080 new deaths), Indonesia (999 new deaths) and Thailand (905 new deaths).
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