Tracking the pandemic
Geneva: During the week 1 to 7 November 2021, a slight upward trend (1% increase) in new weekly cases was observed, with over 3.1 million new cases reported. Over 48 000 new deaths were reported, which was a 4% decrease from the previous week. As of November 7, 2021 over 249 million confirmed cases and over 5 million deaths have been reported.
The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region reported increases in case and death incidence, while other regions reported declines or stable trends.In African region, after a decreasing trend since July 2021, case incidence rates have begun to plateau, with over 20 000 new cases reported this week. Over 500 new deaths were reported, a 27% decrease as compared to the previous week. However, substantial increases (>15%) in new cases were reported in a third of the countries in the region (15/49; 31%). The highest numbers of new cases were reported from Botswana (6341 new cases; 269.6 new cases per 100 000 population; a 279% increase; largely due to batch reporting), Ethiopia (2102 new cases; 1.8 new cases per 100 000; a 37% decrease), and South Africa (1865 new
cases; 3.1 new cases per 100 000; a 27% decrease).
Although the overall declining trend continued this week in the Region of the Americas, the highest numbers of new cases were reported from the United States of America (510 968 new cases; 3% decrease). The countries that followed the USA in that order were the Russian Federation (281 305 new cases; 3% increase), the United Kingdom (252 104 new cases; 12% decrease), Turkey (197 335 new cases; 8% increase), and Germany (169 483 new cases; 29% increase).
The highest numbers of new deaths were reported from the Russian Federation (8276 new deaths; 5.7 new deaths per 100 000; similar to the previous week’s figures), followed by the United States of
America (8101 new deaths; 2.4 new deaths per 100 000; a 15% decrease), Ukraine (4355 new deaths; 10.0 new deaths per 100 000; a 13% increase), Romania (3158 new deaths; 16.3 new deaths per 100 000; similar to the previous week’s figures), and India (2605 new deaths;<1 new death per 100 000; a 33% decrease). India reported 82 236 new cases; (6.0 new cases per 100 000; a 16% decrease), during the week.
– global bihari bureau
