Over the past week as of the 13th June 2021, the decrease of COVID-19 new cases and deaths around the world has continued.
This amounts to over 2.6 million new cases, a decrease of 12% and 72 000 new deaths, a decrease of 2%.
In the last week the lowest case incidence since February 2021 globally has been reported, even though the number of cases now exceeds the 175 million mark.
- A decline in new cases has been reported in all regions, except for the Africa Region. (See chart below).
- A marked decline in the number of new cases has been reported in the South-East Asia, European and Western Pacific compared with the previous week.
- The Region of the Americas and the Eastern Mediterranean Region has reported similar numbers as per the previous week.
- A decline in the number of new deaths has declined in all regions except for the African and the South-East Asia Regions.
COVID-19 new deaths still remain high with more than 10 000 deaths per day. There is a sign that those countries affected the most with the pandemic is starting to slow down. With the global mortality rate is still declining for a sixth consecutive week, there is still a struggle to obtain vaccines for many countries across the WHO Regions, the healthcare systems are overburdened and struggling and the SARS CoV-2 variants continue to spread.
Countries with the highest new cases over the past week:
- India: 630 650 – 31% decrease
- Brazil: 454 710 new cases – similar to last week
- Argentina: 177 693 new cases – 17% decrease
- United States of America: 105 019 new cases – 6% increase
- Colombia: 176 661 new cases – similar to last week
Sources:
World Health Organisation (WHO), 15th June 2021
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