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An increase in cases in Israel, France and Indonesia, a decrease in South Africa – here is a weekly summary of events in the coronavirus crisis:
Most new cases
India, the United States (US) and Brazil remain the three countries that recorded the most new cases in the past seven days, with 77,596, 40,875 and 40,035 cases per day, respectively, on average, according to a tally of AFP on Friday.
While the number of cases was on the rise in India (15 percent more cases compared to the previous seven-day period) and Brazil (eight percent more), the situation is more or less stable in the United States at -1 percent.
They are followed by Argentina (10,129 per day), Colombia (8,507), Spain (8,429) and Peru (6,878).
The number of confirmed cases only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections, and countries have different counting practices and levels of evidence.
Higher increases
Israel is the country where the number of cases is recovering the most, with its average number of new cases per day representing an increase of 57 percent, the largest jump of its kind among countries that recorded at least 1,000 cases per day on average. during the last week.
It is followed by France with 36 percent or 5,783 more daily cases, Indonesia (36 percent, 3,054), Nepal (25 percent, 1,049) and the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) (24 percent, 1,434).
Larger drops
At the other end of the spectrum, the biggest drops have been in South Africa (-20 percent, 2104 new cases per day), the Philippines (-17 percent, 3,260), Ethiopia (-17 percent, 1,258) and Iran ( -15 percent, 1,850), as well as Colombia (-13 percent, 8,507).
By region
There was a spike in the number of cases in Europe and Asia, with 12 percent more each compared to the previous seven-day period, and also in the Middle East (six percent) and Latin America and the Caribbean (three percent). hundred).
On other continents there was a decrease in Oceania (-26 percent), Africa (-12 percent) and slightly in North America (-1 percent).
Globally, the pandemic is gaining momentum slightly by six percent with an average of 265,688 daily cases,
Deceased
India registered the highest number of deaths during the last week, with 6,904, ahead of the United States (6,171), Brazil (5,965), Mexico (3,735), Colombia (2,150), Argentina (1,311) and Peru (1,128).
Global toll
The pandemic has killed at least 869,718 people worldwide since the end of December, out of 26.5 million confirmed cases.
The United States has by far the highest number of deaths with 186,806, followed by Brazil with 124,614, India 68,472 and Mexico 66,329. – AFP
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