Mortality from covid in the world increased by 21% in a week

The strongest increase in deaths from COVID-19 was observed in Southeast Asia, where more than 21 thousand people died, which is 30% more than a week earlier, as well as in the Americas, where more than 28 thousand infected people died. 29% more than last week.

The incidence rate increased by 30% in the Americas, the Western Pacific region by a quarter, and in Europe by 3%. At the same time, the indicator decreased in Africa by 9%, by 7% in Southeast Asia, and by 4% in the Eastern Mediterranean. The United States again recorded the largest number of cases in a week - 500,332 people.

Russia, we note, identified 23,032 new cases of covid. This became the minimum figure for a month.