The world registered 18.7 million cases of COVID in the week from January 10 to 16, an increase of 20% compared to the previous seven days, but a brake on the curve compared to the previous week, where the rise it was 55%, and the first of the year (more than 70%). 72% of cases are due to the omicron variant
Stop covid infections in the world by slowing down the growth rate. EFE/EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON
Stop covid infections in the world, 72% by omicron
Contrary to this brake on infections, according to the weekly epidemiological report of the World Health Organization (WHO), the confirmed deaths in the period studied were more than 45,000, 4% more than in the previous week, although the curve since October in this indicator remains relatively stable.
By regions, Africa was the only one that last week saw the cases decrease (190,000, 27% less), while in Europe rose by 10% and amounted to 8.2 million, in America 17% (7.1 million) and in Asia Oriental 38% (one million new positives).
The greatest increase occurred in South and Southeast Asia, where infections grew by 145% (1.7 million), although also in that region, one of the last to suffer the wave of cases associated with omicron, a slowdown is noted , since in the previous week the positives had increased by 418%.
In the Middle East, another region where the current wave arrived later than in Europe or America, cases are still growing at a very high rate, 68% in the past week (345,000).
In practically all regions, there is a slowdown in contagion, although the peak of new cases has not yet been reached with certainty.
In death statistics, it was Europe that recorded the most deaths (21,000, 3% more), followed by America (15,000, an increase of 7%) and South Asia (2,500, 12% more), while Africa it was the only area where there was a decrease in deaths (2,000, a decrease of 4%).
The countries with the most cases last week were the United States (4.6 million, a figure similar to the previous seven days), followed by France (two million infections, 26% more), India (1.5 million, 150% more), Italy (1.2 million, 25% more) and the United Kingdom (813,000 cases, a drop of 33%).
In addition to curbing infections, the global vaccination campaign against COVID-19 continues, with more than 60% of human beings having received at least one dose.
9,730 doses of anticovid vaccines have been administered on the planet, at a current rate of more than 30 million a day, although in low-income countries, many of them on the African continent, the percentage of people with at least one inoculation is remains low, at 9.6%.
Ómicron gains ground among the positives
The omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, discovered in early November, is already present in 71.9% of the cases analyzed in the last 30 days by the global network of GISAID laboratories, according to the weekly epidemiological report of The OMS.
Of the 405,000 samples collected, the omicron variant was detected in 291,000 cases, while the delta variant, which dominated much of the pandemic in 2021, was only present in 28% of the analyzes of the last 30 days (113,000), stressed the report.
Other variants that the WHO designated as “worrying”, such as gamma and alpha, represent less than 0.1% of the samples taken.
The WHO maintains its warnings and recommendations to avoid contracting the disease, since the exponential increase in infections in most regions has added pressure to health networks, although this time more to primary care centers than to hospitals. hospitals.
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