Globally, the numbers of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline since late August.
Over 2.8 million new cases and over 46 000 new deaths were reported during the week of 4 to 10 October 2021, representing a 7% and 10% decrease respectively, as compared to the previous week.
Global overview Data as of 10 October 2021
Globally, the numbers of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths have continued to decline since late August (Figure 1).
Over 2.8 million new cases and over 46 000 new deaths were reported during the week of 4 to 10 October 2021, representing decreases of 7% and 10% respectively, as compared to the previous week (Table 1).
Apart from the European Region, which reported a 7% increase in the number of new weekly cases as compared to the previous week, all the other regions reported declines in new weekly cases.
The largest decrease in new weekly cases was reported from the African Region (32%), followed by the Western Pacific Region (26%).
The cumulative number of confirmed cases reported globally is now over 237 million and the cumulative number of deaths is over 4.8 million. The number of new weekly deaths reported showed a large (>10%) decline for all regions except for the European Region, which reported an 11% increase as compared to the previous week.
The largest decline in weekly deaths was reported from the Western Pacific and the African Regions, with both showing declines of 34% as compared to the previous week.
The highest numbers of new cases were reported from
United States of America (653 837 new cases; 12% decrease)
United Kingdom (249 699 new cases; similar to the number reported in the previous week)
Turkey (205 266 new cases; similar to the number reported in the previous week)
Russian Federation (188 829 new cases; 14% increase),
India (139 572 new cases; 13% decrease).
Conclusions
Last week clocked the Lowest weekly count for 12 weeks.
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