Cases of Covid continue to decline over the world, apart from Asia
Key Takeaways:
- The Covid-19 outbreak is steadily waning worldwide, with the number of cases falling by half since its peak a month ago.
- Because of the highly contagious Omicron type, the number of cases has reduced by half since peak at 3.37 million in the week of January 21.
The Covid-19 epidemic is still on the decline throughout the world, with the number of cases has dropped by half since its peak a month ago.
The number of cases in Asia, on the other hand, remained persistently high, climbing by a fifth.
Based on AFP's database, here is the current situation.
Cases have been halved - According to an AFP count through Thursday, the average number of global daily cases fell for the fourth week in a straight, falling by 16 percent to 1.66 million.
Over a month, the number of cases has dropped by half since peaking at 3.37 million in the week of January 21, owing to the highly infectious Omicron type.
With various counting techniques and levels of testing in different countries, confirmed cases only represent a portion of the total number of infections.
- Asia shows signs of progress - Only Asia's condition has worsened this week, with one-fifth more instances.
However, the epidemic declined in all other parts of the planet.
There were 39% fewer cases in the Middle East, 37% fewer in the United States-Canada region, 24% fewer in Africa and the Latin America-Caribbean region, a fifth less in Europe, and 13% fewer in Oceania.
Main Headlines - The number of new cases in Hong Kong increased by 331 percent this week compared to the previous week, leading the city to tighten its testing and social distancing regulations.
New Zealand had 187 percent more instances, South Korea had 85 percent more, Vietnam had 71 percent more, and Singapore had 36 percent more cases.
- Largest dips - Kosovo recorded the biggest decline of the week, with 61 percent fewer cases, followed by Azerbaijan with 55 percent fewer cases, Slovenia with 52 percent fewer cases, and Paraguay as well as Peru with each 51 percent fewer cases.
Germany surpassed Russia as the country with the newest cases, with an average of 164,600 infections each day, a decrease of 9%.
Russia came in third with 155,400 new cases, a decrease of 17%, while South Korea came in third with 121,900, a rise of 85%.
For the very 1st time in months, the United States did not place in the top three.
With 3,612 new cases per 100,000 people, Denmark was the country with the highest new cases per capita for the week. Latvia came in second with 3,558 votes, followed by Estonia with 2,789.
Fatalities - The number of Covid-related deaths continued to diminish, falling 10% to 9,348 per day globally.
With an average of 1,905 fatalities per day this week, the United States led the way, followed by Brazil (784) and Russia (772).
Bulgaria had the highest mortality rate in terms of population, with 7.5 per 100,000 people, followed by Georgia with 7.3 as well as Hungary with 7.2.