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The World Health Organization announced today (Wednesday) that the number of new corona cases in the world rose by 20% last week to more than 18 million, which is a slowdown in the spread of the Omicron variant. Bedo"Her weekly H regarding the spread of the virus in the world, Hao’s health agency"M. said the number of infections has increased on every continent in the world except Africa, where cases have dropped by almost a third. The number of deaths worldwide remains similar to the previous week, about 45,000.
Approved cases of COVID-19 jumped by about 50% last week, and earlier this month, the World Health Organization reported the largest increase in a single week in epidemic cases.
According to the duo"H, in Southeast Asia last week was the largest increase in cases of infection in Corona, with the number of new infections rising by 145%. In the Middle East there was a weekly increase of 68%.
The smallest increases were recorded in the Americas and Europe, at 17% and 10% respectively. Scientists said last week that there were early signs in the US"In and in the UK it is possible that Omicron-driven outbreaks may have peaked in these countries and that cases may fall sharply soon.
CEO"To the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Jabraisos, said yesterday that the omicron "Continues to sweep the world". He said it was "misleading" Consider it a cause of mild illness, although studies have shown that Omicron is less likely to cause serious illness or hospitalization than its predecessors.
"We are concerned about the impact that Omicron has on exhausted healthcare workers and overloaded healthcare systems"Said Tedros.
