COVID Weekly Updates
Geneva: During the week 8 to 14 November 2021, the increasing trend in new global weekly cases continued, with over 3.3 million new cases reported – a 6% increase as compared to the previous week, the World Health Organization stated here today. The Region of the Americas, the European and the Western Pacific Regions all reported increases in new weekly cases as compared to the previous week, while all other regions reported stable or declining trends.
Similarly, the European Region reported a 5% increase in new deaths, while the other regions reported stable or declining trends. Globally, just under 50 000 new deaths were reported, similar to the previous week. In Europe, an increase of over 10% in deaths in the past week was seen in 38% of the countries with the greatest change seen in Norway (a 67% increase), Slovakia (a 58% increase), and Croatia (a 55% increase).
The countries reporting the highest numbers of new deaths included the Russian Federation (8572 new deaths; 5.9 new deaths per 100 000; similar to the previous week’s figures), the United States of America (7993 new deaths; 2.4 new deaths per 100 000; a 15% decrease), Ukraine (4621 new deaths; 10.6 new deaths per 100 000; a 6% increase), and India (2739 new deaths; <1 new death per 100 000; similar to the previous week’s figures).
As of 14 November, over 252 million confirmed cases and over 5 million deaths have been reported.
The highest numbers of new cases were reported from the United States of America (550 684 new cases; 8% increase), the Russian Federation (275 579 new cases; similar to the previous week’s figures), Germany (254 436 new cases; 50% increase), the United Kingdom (252 905 new cases; similar to the previous week’s figures), and Turkey (180 167 new cases; 9% decrease).
– global bihari bureau
