GENEVA, January 13. / TASS /. The number of people infected with coronavirus in the world has grown by almost 5 million over the past week, which is the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths has increased by more than 85,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday in its weekly epidemiological bulletin.
According to her, from 4 to 10 January, 4,953,758 new cases of infection and 85,436 deaths were registered in the world.
The previous record of incidence in seven days was recorded in the period from 14 to 20 December - 4 612 790 cases.
As noted by the WHO, last week the trend towards an increase in the increase in incidence resumed. The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths increased by 20% and 11%, respectively, compared to the previous seven days. In the Americas, more than 2.5 million people fell ill (an increase of 30%) and more than 38 thousand died (an increase of 18%). In Europe, more than 1.8 million fell ill and more than 36 thousand died. An increase in the incidence was also recorded in the Western Pacific region (by 36%), in Africa (by 34%) and the Eastern Mediterranean (by 11%).
In the United States, the number of people infected increased by more than 1.7 million in a week. This is followed by the United Kingdom (more than 417 thousand new infections), Brazil (more than 313 thousand), Russia (more than 165 thousand), Germany (more than 142 thousand).), India (over 126 thousand), South Africa (over 125 thousand), France (over 122 thousand), Italy (over 116 thousand) and Colombia (over 100 thousand).
