The Delta variant advances and i contagion gives Covid increase in Europe and in the world. New weekly cases continue to grow. After a steady decline, which persisted for 9 consecutive weeks, the number of weekly Covid deaths: there is talk of a + 3% in the last 7 days compared to the previous ones, with over 55,000 deaths reported. This is the balance sheet contained in the latest weekly update of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Covid, 3 million cases in the last week
As for the infections, they were almost 3 million those reported globally in the week from 5th to 11th July (week in which, among other things, the threshold of 4 million victims of the virus recorded since the beginning of the pandemic was exceeded). The increase in new cases is 10% globally compared to the previous week, while it is from 20% in the European region, where the cases are “constantly increasing” and this week over 653 thousand have been reported. The death toll is in line with that reported in the previous week. All regions, with the exception of the Americas, reported increases in new cases in the past week and the largest growth was recorded in the Eastern Mediterranean region, while in terms of deaths the largest increase was observed in the African region ( + 50%), an area that on the other hand had the smallest percentage increase in the incidence of infections: + 5%. The Southeast Asian region also recorded a significant increase in the number of deaths, + 26% compared to the previous week. The Americas region had a 3% drop in incidence and 11% in the number of reported deaths last week.
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The global incidence of Covid increases
Globally, the incidence of Covid-19 has increased with an average of over 400,000 cases reported every day compared to 370,000 from the previous week. The cumulative number of cases reported globally since the start of the pandemic is now over 186 million. In the last week considered by the WHO, the highest number of new cases was reported by Brazil (333,030, but down 9%), followed by India (291,789, -7%), Indonesia (243,119 new cases ; + 44%), United Kingdom (210,277 new cases; + 30%) and Colombia (174,320 new cases; -15%). The highest number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants sees at the top of the list of islands: the British Virgin Islands (2,497 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants), the Seychelles (763 new cases per 100,000), Cyprus (673 new cases per 100,000), Jersey (628 new cases per 100,000) and Fiji (490 new cases per 100,000). As for Europe after the UK, the highest number of weekly cases was reported in Russia (172,392 new cases; + 8%), and Spain (52,824 new cases; -19%). Russia has the highest number of weekly deaths (5,077; + 9%), followed at a distance by Turkey (318, -9%) and Germany (201, -27%).
Holidays and fears – “If at 13 July at least 111 countries and territories have reported the takeover of Delta, it is expected that” its presence “will continue to increase, and that it will become the dominant variant globally in the coming months”, reiterates the UN agency for the health, defining “it is probable that the greater transmissibility associated with this variant translates into an increase in the incidence of Covid cases and greater pressure on health systems, particularly in contexts of low vaccination coverage”. Hence a warning on the necessary caution when traveling during holidays: “While countries gradually resume non-essential international travel – points out WHO – the introduction of risk mitigation measures to reduce exports, imports and subsequent transmission of travel-associated SARS-CoV-2s should be based on in-depth assessments conducted in a systematic manner.
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