China News Agency, Beijing November 18 Comprehensive news: According to WHO website data, as of 17:42 Central European Time on the 17th (0:42 Beijing Time on the 18th), the number of new corona cases confirmed worldwide increased by 188,389 from the previous day, cases were 633,263,617, deaths increased by 544 to 6,594,491.
Asia and America: Japan’s weekly increase in confirmed cases ranks first in the world for two consecutive weeks
Kyodo News cited WHO statistics of 17 that the number of new confirmed cases in Japan in the week of November 7 to 13 increased by 25% compared to the previous week, reaching 503,766 cases. This is also the second consecutive week in Japan First place in the world. In addition, in the week of November 7-13, the number of new deaths in Japan increased by 41% compared to the previous week, ranking second in the world with 552 cases.
The World Health Organization fears that the number of confirmed cases may be lower than the actual number of infections due to reduced testing in countries. It is more likely that reducing the work of virus gene analysis will lead to a delay in the process of discovering new mutant strains.
According to an analysis by an expert organization that advises the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of confirmed cases among the elderly is increasing, the number of seriously ill patients and deaths is tending to increase, and the rate of Hospital utilization and bed capacity across the country are also on the rise.
Statistics from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare show that in the week ending on the 16th, the number of confirmed cases reported in Japan was 1.24 times that of the previous week, and the other 46 prefectures outside the Yamaguchi Prefecture have all increased. Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato expressed concern about the next wave of the epidemic.
According to a report by Japan’s Jiji news agency on the 17th, the Tokyo metropolitan government decided on the same day to raise the infection level of the new coronavirus to the “epidemic expansion period”.
South Korea’s Central Epidemic Prevention Headquarters reported on the 18th that as of 0:00 AM that day, South Korea had 49,418 new confirmed cases compared to 0:00 AM the previous day, with a total of more than 26,462 millions of confirmed cases; 63 new deaths, with a total of 29,925 cases.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 5:21 pm on the 17th New York time, the United States added 87,626 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, with a total of 98,237,039 cases; Up to 1,076,372 cases.
Africa and Europe: Many African countries have entered a new wave of epidemic peaks
According to the Associated Press, Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on the 17th local time that in the last week the number of new confirmed cases in Africa has increased by 37%. “The new coronary pneumonia epidemic is still with us, and some countries in Africa are entering a new wave of epidemic peaks. We are monitoring the situation closely.”
The report pointed out that only 25% of people in Africa have completed their new corona vaccination and less than 3% of people have received booster shots. Ahmed Ogwell said national health agencies should ramp up testing to determine the spread of the new coronavirus.
The TASS news agency reported on the 17th that Russia added 5,680 confirmed cases and 61 deaths in the past 24 hours. (End)
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