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The World Health Organization announced that the number of people infected with the Coronavirus in the world decreased in the week from February 15 to February 21, by 11%, while the number of deaths decreased by 20% compared to the previous week.
The Health Organization stated in the weekly epidemiological bulletin issued today, Wednesday, that a decrease in the number of new infections with the Coronavirus has been recorded for the sixth consecutive week.
The organization said that the number of injuries increased by two million and 457 thousand injuries during the past week, while 66,359 deaths were recorded.
She added that the decrease in the number of injuries 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%.
In the Americas, more than 1.06 million people were infected during the last week with the kurna virus, and more than 34 thousand died, and in Europe more than 939 thousand new infections were recorded, and more than 24 thousand deaths, and in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, doctors identified more than 181 A thousand were infected, and more than 2.4 thousand people died.
Source: TASS
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