WHO reported an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in the world by 60% in 28 days

About 1.4 million people became infected with CORONAVIRUS infection in the world between July 17 and August 13, and more than 2.3 thousand died. The number of infections increased by 63% compared to the previous 28 days, and the number of deaths decreased by 56%. This follows from data from the World HEALTH Organization (WHO).

According to the WHO fact sheet, the world recorded 1,422,538 cases of infection and 2,366 deaths in four weeks. Reports of covid cases came from 104 countries.

As of August 13, during the pandemic, more than 769 million cases of infection have been registered in the world, of which 6.9 million people have died. The WHO still considers covid-19 a “major threat.”

WHO HEAD Tedros Ghebreyesus announced on May 5 that the COVID-19 pandemic status had been lifted. Over the past year, the organization's emergency committee has been "carefully analyzing data and considering when is the right time to reduce the severity" of the COVID-19 situation.

On August 10, WHO reported the rapid spread of a new omicron strain of coronavirus EG.5 “Eris,” which was discovered on February 17. Now a new variant of the omicron strain has been identified in 51 countries, the spread of this variant is observed in CHINA, the usa , Great Britain , countries of Europe and Asia.

In RUSSIA, this strain is not yet very widespread, but Rospotrebnadzor warns of the risks of worsening the epidemiological situation.