The WHO reported a 71% increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in a week

About 9.5 million new patients with CORONAVIRUS have been identified in the world over the past week, this number is 71% more than new cases of the disease detected a week earlier. This was stated during a briefing by the technical HEAD of the organization for covid-19 , Maria van Kerkhove, according to the UN website.

“And we know that this (number of identified cases of the disease.) is an underestimate,” she said, warning that the organization expects an increase in the number of cases next week, since doctors in the world have identified more than 2.2 million new cases in the last 24 hours alone. .

WHO chief Adhanom Tedros Ghebreyesus said during a briefing that the "tsunami" of new cases of coronavirus had previously shocked the HEALTH systems of countries around the world. “While Omicron appears to be less severe than Delta, especially in those who have been vaccinated, this does not mean it should be classified as mild,” he said.

Ghebreyesus added that the number of new patients identified last week was a record for the entire pandemic. He explained that the WHO considers the number of new cases of COVID-19 to be underestimated due to a backlog in testing due to the holidays.