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Outbreak in North America
The pandemic is accelerating almost everywhere, especially in the US and Canada, where the average number of new coronavirus infection cases per day increased by 44 percent last week.
In Oceania, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases increased by 20% during this period, in the Middle East by 11%, in Asia by 6%, in Europe by 3% and in Africa by 1%.
In the last week, the only region where an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases reported per day was not detected was Latin America and the Caribbean. In this region, the average number of new COVID-19 cases recorded per day in the previous week dropped by 13 percent.
In the world – 6 percent. more cases
Globally, the daily increase in COVID-19 cases increased by 6 percent during the week, according to AFP data on Thursday.
The pandemic has continued to intensify since mid-June, largely due to the more contagious delta variant now prevalent in many countries.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases does not reflect the full scope of the pandemic, as countries have different accounting methods and testing tools.
The biggest sparkles
At the country level, the highest incidence of morbidity was recorded in Israel, with a daily increase of 101 percent in COVID-19 cases.
Israel is among the countries in the world that has vaccinated the majority of its population and has now begun to get vaccinated with booster doses of the vaccine. Previously, the incidence in the country had been reduced to less than 10 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000. population, but now exceeds 243.
In Japan, where the Olympics are being held, the daily increase in COVID-19 cases has increased by 97%, in Turkey by 56%, in Pakistan by 54% and in Morocco by 49%.
The biggest decreases
The greatest reduction in morbidity was found in Zimbabwe, with a daily rate of 46%. fewer infections than a week ago. In the Netherlands, the figure fell by 44%, in Brazil by 28%, in Rwanda by 27% and in Colombia by 26%.
Maximum weekly profit
In the United States, 96.8 thousand were registered per week. 44% of new COVID-19 cases. more than the previous one.
The second was India (40.6 thousand, 5% more), the third was Indonesia (33.9 thousand, 20% less).
In terms of per capita morbidity, the highest number of COVID-19 cases was again detected in Fiji last week: 824 cases per 100,000. population. In Sakartvele, the figure was 575 and in Cuba it was 565.
Most of the deaths
Indonesia again led the way in the number of COVID-19 patients registered per day, averaging 1,689 last week, with 887 patients dying daily in Brazil and 790 in Russia.
Globally, 9,382 people living with coronavirus died daily in the last week, 5 percent more than the previous week.
Vaccination
Japan was the world leader in vaccination rates, with more than a million people receiving the vaccine in one week. The vaccines received an average of 1.77% each day. of the entire population of the country.
Vaccinations were rapid in Panama (1.72% of the population per day), Sri Lanka (1.7%), Malaysia (1.61%), Ecuador (1.26%) and China (1.22%) .) And Saudi Arabia (1.15%).
The most advanced countries in COVID-19 vaccination are now the United Arab Emirates, with 172 first or second doses per 100 inhabitants, Israel, Canada, Chile and Singapore (133 each), Denmark (130), Belgium (128) and the United States. Kingdom (126).
