Geneva: India has shown a 70 per cent increase in new COVID-19 cases in the last one week ending April 11, 2021. In terms of numbers too, it registered 873 296 new cases during this period — earning a dubious distinction of registering the highest number of new cases as well as percentage rise in new cases in a week.
In comparison the United States of America showed 468 395 new cases (5% increase), and Brazil, 463 092 new cases (8% decrease), during the same period. The other countries with highest new case incidence last week were Turkey (353 281 new cases; 33% increase), and France (265 444 new cases; 9% increase).
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The death figures were also on the rise in India last week with the country again showing the highest – 51% increase in the death figures with 4652 new deaths (0.3 new deaths per 100 000). Brazil which registered 20 512 new deaths during the period actually showed a 3 % decrease from the previous week and the United States of America with 5173 new deaths showed a 31% decrease.
Globally, new COVID-19 cases rose for a seventh consecutive week, with over 4.5 million new cases reported in the last week. The number of new deaths increased for the fourth consecutive week, increasing by 7% compared to last week, with over 76 000 new deaths reported. The largest increases in case incidence were observed most notably in India and the Eastern Mediterranean regions (Table 1). All regions, except for the African Region and the Americas, reported increases in the number of deaths, with the largest increase of 189% from the Western Pacific Region (largely driven by a steep increase in new deaths in the Philippines) followed by 47% in World Health Organisation’s South-East Asia region comprising of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Maldives and Indonesia.
Source: Weekly Epidemiological Update, WHO
– global bihari bureau
