Is the world witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases again? Covid-19 top 10 updates this week
Covid-19 infections have suddenly shot up. The WHO weekly report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday, noted that there were more than 11 million new Covid-19 infections last week - about an 8% rise - and 43,000 new deaths, as per news agency PTI report. Here are top updates on the global Covid-19 surge: 1) As per the WHO weekly report, the biggest increase in cases were seen in the Western Pacific and Africa, where infections rose by 29% and 12% respectively.
Elsewhere, cases dropped by more than 20% in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Americas. In Europe, cases inched up by about 2%.
2) WHO said those numbers “should be interpreted with caution." It noted that many countries are changing their Covid-19 testing strategies as they exit the acute phase of the pandemic, and are testing far less than previously, meaning that many new cases are going undetected.
3) Even as authorities lock down cities in China's worst outbreak in two years, they are looking for an exit from what has been a successful but onerous Covid-19 prevention strategy.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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