Cases on the rise in the world for 8 weeks and death rate accelerates, in 3 months it has risen from 2 million to over 3 million victims
Milan, 21 April (beraking latest news Health) – New cases of Covid-19 in the world have increased for the eighth consecutive week, according to data reported in the update of the World Health Organization (WHO). In the last 7 days, reports the UN agency, over 5.2 million Sars-CoV-2 positives have been recorded. The “previous peak” which occurred “at the beginning of January 2021” has been exceeded. The number of deaths is also on the rise, for the fifth consecutive week: growth is 8% compared to last week, with over 83,000 deaths reported in 7 days.
All regions except Europe have reported an increase in new cases in the past week. The biggest climb is in the Southeast Asian region, and it is a surge largely led by India, in this period in the grip of the virus. The western Pacific region follows.
“Last week the cumulative death toll from Covid exceeded 3 million and the pace of deaths is accelerating – highlights the WHO – If it took 9 months to reach 1 million deaths, another 4 to exceed 2 million”, it took “only three to reach 3 million” of lives cut off by the virus.
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