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A mother sweeps her nose to collect samples from her 3-year-old son as he undergoes testing for COVID-19. At a mobile screening service parked off a street in Pittsburgh, U.S. on Tuesday, the mother said she wanted a precautionary check before she could visit you. move
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Omikron remains at high risk and could compromise health systems and other critical services. Widespread disruption as the United States and several European countries report the highest daily number of infections since the outbreak began, bringing the total number of new cases globally in the past seven days. Statistics of more than 6.55 million, an average of more than 935,000 per day.
According to figures compiled by AFP from official reports by officials in each country, over the seven days between December 22 and December 28, a total of 6,550,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported globally, or an average of 935,563 daily. income
This figure is much higher than the previous seven-day high recorded by the world between April 23-29, when there were an average of 817,000 new infections a day.
Meanwhile, the number for the last seven days is 37% higher than the previous seven days, with the latest wave of coronavirus outbreaks occurring around the world since mid-October, along with the spread of mutants. Omikron
However, the mortality rate has not increased with the number of new infections in the last seven days. The average death toll from COVID-19 is around 6,450 per day, the lowest since the end of October 2020, when the pandemic was at its worst. The highest number of deaths was an average of 14,800 people per day between January 20-26 this year.
from the situation where the patients are surging But this is as fatal as this decreases. pressure on countries from China to Germany and France must find a middle path between epidemic control measures with the need to maintain economic recovery and give people the opportunity to go out and live a normal life
However, the WHO's weekly epidemiological report released on Tuesday warned that The overall risk associated with Omikron is still very high. with evidence that This mutant virus is capable of doubling the epidemic in a few days.
The World Health Organization added that Preliminary data from England, South Africa, as well as Denmark. It is now the country with the highest average infection rate per person in the world, indicating that Omikron has a lower risk of hospitalization for seriously ill patients than the Delta mutant. that more studies are needed to understand the severity of the Omikron
In addition, Catherine Smallwood, WHO Europe's coronavirus situation manager, also warned that The rapid outbreak of Omikron continues to result in a large number of hospitalizations. especially among those who are not vaccinated and make the health system and other important services a wide halt
