World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that there were 9.5 million new cases of Covid-19 worldwide in a week, an increase of 71% over the week.
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The number of Covid-19-related deaths fell to 41,178 from 44,680 a week ago.
“The highest number of Covid-19 cases in a pandemic to date was reported last week,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adanom Gebreesus.
YEAR The Health Agency reported in its weekly pandemic report that 9,520,488 new cases were registered in a week.
Although the omicron strain of the virus does not appear to have as severe an effect as the delta strain, especially when a person is vaccinated, the WHO chief said: “This does not mean that it can be categorized as mild. people are being killed. “
“The incident of the tsunami is actually so great that it is straining health systems around the world,” the WHO chief said at a news conference.
The increase in new cases of Covid-19 varies across the world. In America it has doubled, but in Africa it has increased by only 7%.
The assumption that omicron may be the latest form of coronavirus is a “preferred assignment,” said Michael Ryan, WHO’s emergency response director. “There’s still energy in this virus.”
“It is highly unlikely that the omicron will be the last type you will hear us discuss,” added Maria van Kerkhove, technical director of the WHO Covid-19 program.
WHO officials urged the public to step up its efforts to combat the pandemic by vaccinating, ventilating the premises, observing social distance, wearing masks and doing so appropriately.
“I’m very surprised at how people actually wear masks,” Kerkhove said.
On another issue, Ryan said the WHO’s work with the International Olympic Committee and China to host the 2022 Winter Games had given him confidence that the measures taken by the game’s organizers were “very strong and very strong.”
“We do not currently see an increased risk of transmitting the disease in this context,” Ryan said.
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