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GENEVA — Global COVID-19 cases rose 20 percent last week to more than 18 million, marking a slowdown in the surge caused by the mutated spread of the Opmi-Kerong virus, according to the World Health Organization.
In its weekly report on the outbreak, THE HEALTH AGENCY SAYS THAT THE NUMBER OF NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HAS INCREASED IN EVERY REGION OF THE WORLD EXCEPT AFRICA, WITH CASES FALLING BY NEARLY A THIRD. The global death toll is similar to last week, at around 45,000.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases surged by about 50% in the previous week, and earlier this month, WHO reported the largest increase in cases in a single week.
In a report released late Tuesday, WHO said Southeast Asia saw the biggest increase in coronavirus cases last week, with new infections surging by 145 percent. The Middle East grew by 68% per week.
The Americas and Europe saw the smallest increases, at 17 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively. Scientists said last week that early indications in the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that the Opichron virus-driven outbreak in those countries may have peaked and that cases could soon drop sharply.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday that the highly contagious variant "continues to sweep the world". He said it was "misleading" to think it would cause mild disease, although studies showed that hoxymycin was less likely than its predecessor to cause serious illness or hospitalization.
Tedros said: "We are concerned about the impact of ovabules on already exhausted health workers and overburdened health systems. ”
He acknowledged that some regions appear to have emerged from the worst of the recent Omicron scenarios, but he cautioned that "not all countries are out of the woods." ”