Globally, the number of new cases of KOVID-19 and deaths has been declining since the end of March 2022, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), published on May 4.

For the last week reported (April 25-May 1), more than 3.8 million cases and 15,000 deaths were registered, down 17% and 3% from previous weeks.

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According to the latest WHO weekly report, the number of new cases in Europe has fallen by 22% and the number of victims by 16%.

However, 41% of the total number of deaths worldwide in the last reporting period were registered in this region.

However, an increase in the weekly number of new cases was recorded in Africa (an increase of 31%) and the Americas (an increase of 13%).

In both Americas, this has led to an increase in the number of deaths, albeit by less than 1 percent.

The number of deaths also rose by 69% in Southeast Asia, mainly due to delays in the coverage of deaths in India.

Overall, the region has seen a 24 percent drop in the number of cases.

In India, however, there has been a 40% increase in the number of new cases;

in the same country, the death toll rose by 273%.

In the Western Pacific, there has been a 20 per cent drop in the number of new cases and an 8 per cent drop in KOVID-19 mortality.

However, the indicators are unevenly distributed among the countries in the region: 9 of them have increased by 20% and more, reaching + 636% in the Solomon Islands.

In the same region, South Korea saw a 29% drop in deaths.

However, the decline is only 3% in Japan, and China has a 93% increase in the number of cases.

In Africa as a whole, there has been a 56 per cent drop in coronavirus deaths, but the number of new infections has been the highest in all regions, at 31 per cent.

In the Republic of South Africa, officially the most severely affected country on the continent by KOVID-19, where the Omicron variant was discovered last year, the newly discovered Omicron sub-variants (BA.4 and BA.5) have led to a new epidemic.

The number of infected in the country increased by 50% in 24 hours compared to the previous day.

It has been confirmed that these sub-options and another one (BA.2.12.1) have already reached Australia.

All three options have been identified by the WHO as "worrying options", although there is currently insufficient data to determine how severe the disease is.

To date, the WHO has reported more than 513 million confirmed cases of KOVID-19 and more than 6.2 million deaths worldwide since the outbreak.

More than 11.5 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine have been given.

However, these figures are misleadingly low, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), released yesterday.

The data announced in it show that the number of deaths diagnosed with KOVID-19 in the world is nearly three times more than officially announced.


According to this most comprehensive estimate to date of the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic, by the end of 2021, there have been 14.9 million deaths worldwide from the new coronavirus.

The official number of deaths attributed to KOVID-19 and reported to the WHO for the period January 2020-December 2021 is just over 5.4 million, the report said.

The UN Health Agency said the extra number included not only people whose deaths were related to the coronavirus, but also those who died due to lack of access to treatment when health systems were overloaded with those infected with the coronavirus. 

The figure also takes into account the deaths prevented during the pandemic, for example due to the lower risk of road accidents during lockouts.

The real numbers are much higher than officially announced and due to inadequate reporting of the number of deaths in some countries.

According to the WHO, nearly half of the uncounted deaths are in India, where the Geneva-based agency said the pandemic killed 4.7 million people, mostly in May-June 2021. Official Delhi figures for January 2020. - December 2021 shows about 480 thousand deaths, but they are disputed by independent studies.

Some countries, including India, have challenged the WHO's methodology for calculating the number of deaths.

They reject the idea that there were many more deaths than officially announced, recalls the British Guardian.

"Finding those numbers is so important to understanding how we need to fight future pandemics and continue to respond to this one," said Albert Co., a infectious disease specialist at Yale's Department of Public Health.

South Korea's decision to invest in public health after a severe BIRS epidemic has allowed it to cope with KOVID-19, with nearly 20 times fewer casualties per capita than the United States, he said.

The collection of more accurate data by the WHO may also help explain some obscure facts about this pandemic, such as why Africa appears to be one of the least affected regions, despite the low level of vaccination.

One of the hypotheses about the low mortality in the region is that we have not been able to count the victims, Ko emphasizes.

The sub-options

It is too early to say whether the new sub-variants may cause more severe disease than other sub-variants, but initial preliminary data show that vaccines continue to protect against serious illness or death, the WHO said on Wednesday.

Vaccination remains the best way to protect people, combined with tried and tested health and social measures, the organization said at its weekly press conference, adding that it was a clear sign that "the pandemic is not over with us."

However, there are clear conclusions that can be drawn: first, vaccination of at least 70% of the population in all countries (and 100% of at-risk groups) is the best way to protect people's lives, to avoid congestion. health systems and to minimize the incidence of "long covid".

Access to vaccines has improved significantly, but the combination of a lack of political commitment, financial constraints, operational capacity problems and fluctuations due to misleading or incorrect information limits the number of people willing to be vaccinated.

The WHO called on all parties to pay attention to eliminating these difficulties, adds BTA.

In addition, testing and tracking variants remains critical, as shown by the discovery of new sub-variants in South Africa.

In other countries, we do not know how the virus mutates and we do not know what awaits us, the WHO warned.

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