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During the past week, the number of people infected by coronavirus in the world increased by more than 2.4 million, the highest weekly figure since the start of the pandemic. During this time, more than 36,000 people died from the coronavirus, which roughly corresponds to the figures from the previous week.
This is evidenced by data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
“The number of new COVID-19 cases continues to accelerate, while the number of new deaths remains relatively stable … As of October 18, more than 40 million cases and 1.1 million deaths were reported. Including more than 2 , 4 million new cases and 36 thousand new deaths, “says the WHO in a fact sheet.
The most serious epidemic situation is observed in the Americas. In total, more than 798 thousand people were infected in this region from October 12 to 18, and the total number of infected exceeded 18.8 million. More than 16 thousand deaths were registered in seven days, and as of October 18 the total number of deaths was more than 608 thousand.
In Europe, there was a 25 percent increase in incidence over the previous week. The number of infected people has increased from more than 927 thousand to more than 8 million people. More than 8 thousand died in a week and the total number of deaths exceeded 256 thousand.
We will remember, earlier in the WHO it was said that today there is only one drug that is effective against the COVID-19 disease in a serious way.
Furthermore, RBC-Ukraine wrote that the WHO predicts an increase in coronavirus mortality in Europe of 4-5 times.
