USA shows reports 58% increase in death cases last week as compared to the previous week
Geneva: With over 4.5 million new cases reported this week (August16-22, 2021), the number of new cases reported globally seems to be plateauing after increasing for nearly two months (since mid-June), the World Health Organization (WHO) has stated.
However, it is stable at a very high level – more than 4.5 million cases and 68 thousand deaths, and the situation is very different from region to region, country to country, province to province and town to town. Some regions and countries continue to see steep increases in cases and deaths, while others are declining. As long as this virus is circulating anywhere, it’s a threat everywhere, the WHO said.
The WHO regions of the Americas and Western Pacific reported an increase in new cases in the past week, 8% and 20% respectively. Globally, the number of deaths reported this week remained similar to last week, with over 68, 000 new deaths reported.
Two regions, Europe and the Americas, reported an increase in new deaths, 11% and 10% respectively.
The African and South-East Asia Regions reported decreases in new deaths of 11% and 10% respectively, whereas the numbers of deaths reported in the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Pacific Regions were similar to the numbers reported last week.
As of August 22, the cumulative number of cases reported globally is now over 211 million and the cumulative number of deaths is just over 4.4 million.
The regions reporting the highest weekly case and deaths incidence rates per 100 000 population remain the same as last week: the Regions of the Americas (158.8 new cases per 100 000 population; 2.1 deaths per 100 000 population) and Europe (124.9 new cases per 100 000 population; 1.3 deaths per 100 000 population) . The Eastern Mediterranean Region also reported a high weekly incidence in deaths (1.0 per 100 000 population).
The highest numbers of new cases were reported from the United States of America (1 020 072 new cases; 15% increase), the Islamic Republic of Iran (251 610 new cases; 7% decrease), India (231 658 new cases; 10% decrease), the United Kingdom (219 919 new cases; 11% increase), and Brazil (209 099 new cases; 1% decrease).
Similarly, the highest numbers of new deaths were reported from Indonesia (8784 new deaths; 3.2 new deaths per 100 000; a 16% decrease), the United States of America (6712 new deaths; 2 .0 new deaths per 100 000; a 58% increase), Brazil (5649 newdeaths; 2.7 new deaths per 100 000; a 7% decrease), Russia (5545 new deaths; 3.8 new deaths per 100 000; a 1% decrease), Mexico (4666 new deaths; 3.6 new deaths per 100 000; a 27% increase), Iran (4146 new deaths; 4.9 new deaths per 100 000; an 11% increase), and India (3142 new deaths; 0.2 new deaths per 100 000; a 7% decrease).
– global bihari bureau
