Covid, WHO: “New infections down in 7 days, but deaths don’t drop”

The new covid infections are falling globally, but the deaths do not drop. This is what emerges from the weekly report of the World Health Organization (WHO). “In the week of February 7 to 13, the global number of new Covid-19 cases decreased by 19% compared to the previous week. While the number of deaths remained similar to that of the week before,” the report reads. . In the six WHO regions, just over 16 million new cases and just under 75,000 deaths have been recorded. As of February 13, over 409 million confirmed cases and over 5.8 million deaths have been reported globally.