The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week even as COVID-19 infections rose.
The latest numbers from the World Health Organization show new global cases have declined by 5%, and deaths have dropped 8%.
The World Health Organization says there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week. That’s the highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began.
The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide increased by 11% last week compared with the previous week, with the biggest increase in the Americas.
The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coronavirus variants.
The World Health Organization says COVID-19 cases are down 14% worldwide, and deaths are down 2%.
Tuesday morning, the World Health Organization held a briefing on its investigation into the origin of COVID-19. There are also recommendations about what the next steps should be, which is why the World Health Organization says this report is really just the beginning.
The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
