The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today, Wednesday that the number of people infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the world decreased during the days from February 15 to February 21, by 11%, while the number of deaths decreased by 20% compared to the previous week.
The organization stated in the weekly epidemiological bulletin issued today, Wednesday, that a decrease in the number of new infections with the Coronavirus was recorded for the sixth consecutive week.
The organization said that the number of infections increased by two million and 457 thousand cases during the past week, while 66,359 deaths were recorded.
The WHO added that the decrease in the number of infections was particularly recorded during the past week in South America and North America (by 19%), the Western Pacific region (by 9%), Europe (by 7%), and the Eastern Mediterranean (by 7%).
The mortality rate in these regions also decreased by 23%, 6%, 19%, and 3%, respectively, in the same period.
Mortality rates decreased in Africa by 20%, and Southeast Asia by 6%.
On the other hand, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned of feeling reassured due to the decrease in the number of people infected with the Coronavirus worldwide for the fifth week in a row and to stop fighting the virus.
Adhanom said: "The number of reported weekly of Corona cases decreased by almost half, as it decreased from more than 5 million cases in the fourth week of January to 2.6 million in the week that began on February 8th, that is, within five weeks only according to the United Nations website.
Despite this "hopeful" decline, the Director-General of the World Health Organization pointed out that "the fire has not died down yet, but we have reduced its size," and warned that stopping combating it on any front will cause the rise in cases again.
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