Pandemic upsurge goes on, but deaths fall by a fifth

Asia and Europe

The Covid-19 pandemic continued its resurgence this week, particularly in Asia and Europe, but the number of related global deaths plummeted by a fifth.

Here is the state of the game based on the AFP database:

12 percent increase in cases
The average number of daily cases globally rose over the week by 12 percent to 1.8 million, after worsening the previous week, according to an AFP tally on Thursday.

Western European

Western European countries are seeing an uptick, including France, where the number of cases is up 35 percent, while Italy and Britain are up 42 percent each.

South Korea

In Asia, several countries broke their own records, including South Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Confirmed cases only reflect a fraction of the actual number of infections, with different counting practices and testing levels in different countries.

regional differences
The rebound in the pandemic is being driven by Oceania, where the number of new cases rose 86 percent from the previous week. They also increased 23 percent in Asia and 7 percent in Europe.

However, the situation continues to improve greatly in Africa, where the numbers fell by 56 percent.

Middle East

In the Middle East, cases fell 26 percent, while the Latin American and Caribbean area saw a fifth less and the United States and Canada area saw a 12 percent drop.

South Korea

major peaks
Laos recorded the largest increase in new cases at 151 per cent for the week, followed by Ireland at 52 per cent more, South Korea at 47 per cent and Finland at 44 per cent.

South Korea

– South Korea has the most cases –
By head of population, South Korea recorded the highest number of new cases this week, with 5,288 per 100,000 inhabitants.

New Zealand

It is followed by Austria with 3,484, New Zealand (2,706), Cyprus (2,613) and the Netherlands (2,504).

– Deaths continue to decline –
The number of Covid-related deaths continued to decline, dropping 20 percent to an average of 5,401 per day.

The decline was reflected in all regions of the world.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong reported by far the highest death rate as a proportion of population at 26.49 per 100,000 population.

They are followed at a distance by Latvia with 4.61, Denmark 4.33, Slovakia 4.08 and Chile 3.76.

Source Credit: TheGuardian

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