Geneva: The number of new COVID-19 cases decreased by 19% globally during the week of February 7 to 13, 2022, as compared to the number reported during the previous week, according to the latest World Health Organization data released today.
The number of new deaths remained similar to that of the previous week, the data revealed.
Across the six WHO regions, just over 16 million new cases and just under 75,000 new deaths were reported. As of February 13, 2022, over 409 million confirmed cases and over 5.8 million deaths were reported globally.
The number of new weekly deaths increased in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (38%), the Western Pacific Region (27%), the African Region (14%) and the Region of the Americas (5%), while it remained similar to that of the previous week in the European Region and decreased in the South-East Asia Region (9%).
The highest number of new deaths were reported from the United States of America (17 225 new deaths; similar to the previous week’s figures), India (6686 new deaths; a 15% decrease), Brazil (6658 new deaths; a 44% increase), the Russian Federation (4834 new deaths; similar to the previous week’s figures) and Mexico (2530 new deaths; a 7% increase).
The highest numbers of new cases were reported from the Russian Federation (1, 323, 391 new cases; a 23% increase), Germany (1, 322, 071 new cases; similar to the previous week’s figures), the United States of America (1, 237, 530 new cases; a 43% decrease), Brazil (10, 09, 678 new cases; a 19% decrease), and France (9,79, 228 new cases; a 43% decrease).
– global bihari bureau
