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The number of new covid-19 cases reported worldwide has declined for the fourth week in a row, according to data from the World Health Organization, offering a glimmer of hope that the world is turning a corner. their efforts to contain the pandemic.
The number of COVID-19 deaths reported worldwide fell for the second week in a row, with 88,000 deaths reported last week, a 10% drop compared to the previous week, according to the WHO.
More than 3.1 million new cases of covid-19 were reported worldwide last week, the WHO said in its weekly epidemiological update.
That was a 17% decrease from the previous week and the lowest number of cases worldwide since the week of October 26, 2020.
"Although there are still many countries with a growing number of cases, globally, this is encouraging," said the WHO weekly update.
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The countries that reported the most cases of covid-19 in the last week
The United States registered the highest number of new cases of covid-19, with 871,365.
However, this figure represented a 19% decrease in cases compared to the previous week, according to WHO data.
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Brazil, France, Russia and the United Kingdom were also among the countries that reported the highest number of new infections worldwide, the WHO noted, although all saw a decline compared to the previous week's figures.
Of all the regions, compared to the previous WHO weekly update, Africa saw the largest decline in cases, at 22%, while the Eastern Mediterranean had the least, at 2%.
Overall, new cases in Latin America and the Caribbean accounted for more than half of all new cases worldwide, with more than 1.5 million new infections and more than 45,000 more deaths.
Globally, there have been almost 107 million cases of covid-19 and more than 2.3 million deaths from the virus since the start of the pandemic, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
Weekly infection rates fell by nearly a third on February 7, compared to the peak in early January.
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Many countries hope that coronavirus vaccines will offer a way out of the crisis.
But while some countries have already administered millions of doses, about 130 countries, home to about 2.5 billion people, have yet to administer a single dose, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a session on Friday. informative.
Early data this week, showing that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may provide only "minimal protection" against mild to moderate illness caused by the coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa, has dampened optimism in some quarters.
The Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper and easier to transport and store than some of the other vaccines approved for use to date and, as such, has been indicated to play a key role in fighting the pandemic in countries of low and middle income.
This Wednesday, the WHO published its interim recommendations for the use of the Oxford / AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine in people over 18 years of age.
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