World Health: Corona Is Slowing In Most Regions, Despite Its Continuing Spread

New data from the World Health Organization showed that the Corona epidemic is slowing in most regions of the world, especially in the Americas, despite its continuing spread. It recorded more than 1.7 million new infections and nearly 39,000 additional deaths last week, as the WHO said in an assessment report published late Monday.

The rates for the week ending on August 23 showed a 5 percent decrease in the number of injuries in the world and a 12 percent decrease in the number of deaths, compared to the previous week.

Despite this slowdown, the number of cases of the epidemic reached 23 million and more than 813,000 deaths. With the exception of Southeast Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean, all regions recorded a decrease in the number of new injuries and deaths, according to the organization. The Americas remain by far the most affected region in the world, as last week they recorded more than half of new infections globally and 62 percent of deaths.

But the region also recorded the largest slowdown, with the number of new infections dropping by 11 percent and deaths by 17 percent compared to the previous week. This is especially due to a decrease in the number of injuries declared in the United States and Brazil, the two countries most affected in the world, as the data showed. On the other hand, the organization warned that a number of countries and territories in the Caribbean region recorded a significant increase in the number of injuries, indicating that this may be linked to the increase in tourism activity.

Southeast Asia, the second most affected region in the world by the epidemic, recorded 28 percent of the total infections last week and 19 percent of the total deaths, an increase of 4 percent from the previous week. India records the largest number of injuries and deaths in that region, with 455,000 new injuries last week, which raises the total number of injuries in it to more than three million, with 6,700 new deaths, bringing the toll to more than 56,700

 

The number of injuries also continued to rise in the eastern Mediterranean region. Last week, up 4 percent from the previous week, but new deaths fell for the sixth consecutive week.In Europe, where the number of new infections has gradually increased in recent weeks, the epidemiological path has shown a limited slowdown, according to the data. The number of new deaths in Europe continued to decline, down 12 percent compared to the previous week.

 

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