The number of global deaths from COVID-19 increased 11% in the past week compared to the previous one, with 71,000 registered deaths, according to the epidemiological report of the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Wednesday.
In turn, the number of cases increased, albeit more slightly, by 5% in contrast to the previous week, with more than four million reported infections.
The largest increases were in South Asia, which reported a 36% increase in the number of infections and a 46% increase in the number of deaths compared to the previous week, due to the large increase in positives in countries. like India.
All regions registered increases in the number of deaths except Africa, which, according to the organization’s data, decreased deaths by 20% compared to the previous week.
Meanwhile, the infection situation in Europe improved after five consecutive weeks of increases, registering 2% fewer cases than in the previous week, although it was the fourth consecutive week of increases in the number of deaths on the European continent.
The European countries that registered the most cases in the last week were Turkey, with 265,937, an increase of 43% compared to the previous week, and France, with 244,607, a slight decrease of 4% after the closure of schools and the tightening of preventive measures.
Globally, India registered the highest number of new cases in the last week (513,885, an increase of 38%), followed by Brazil (505,668 new cases, an increase of 5%) and the United States (with 444,756 in the last week , 5% more than the previous one).
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