- COVID-19 cases fell by 26% across the Americas last week while deaths from the virus dropped by nearly 19%.
- the number of reported cases in countries may not reflect the actual figure due to a possible reduction in testing.
- at least 6 six million people have died around the world, with the Americas accounting for almost half of the deaths, including nearly 965,000 in the United States.
Recently, the Pan American Health Organisation(PAHO) said that covid cases across America have dropped by 26% while the deaths by the virus dropped as well. however, they still tell the citizen to continue taking the precautions .states an article by Reuters
Dropping covid cases in the USA
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday said COVID-19 cases fell by 26% across the Americas last week while deaths from the virus dropped by nearly 19%, but cautioned that some effective measures to curb infections should be maintained.
The region recorded 1.1 million new infections during the period with 18,000 COVID-related deaths.
“We all want the pandemic to be over, but optimism alone cannot control the virus. It is too soon to lower our guard,” PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said.
Is it the actual figure of covid cases which is currently present?
Etienne also noted that the number of reported cases in countries may not reflect the actual figure due to a possible reduction in testing.
“There are still some countries and territories reporting increases associated with the latest COVID-19 surge,” she said.
Widespread of covid in the States since two years
The PAHO chief pointed out that it has been two years since the beginning of the pandemic, just before COVID transmission became widespread in the Americas.
Since then, at least 6 six million people have died around the world, with the Americas accounting for almost half of the deaths, including nearly 965,000 in the United States.
“With more than 2.6 million lives lost, we reported the most COVID deaths out of any other region in the world,” Etienne said.
In the first two months of 2022 alone, 63% of new global cases have been reported in the Americas.
“I’m afraid that there is no going back to normal at this time, that we need to continue with some of the measures that have proven to be effective, and in particular, we need to ramp up the vaccination coverage,” said Etienne.
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Source: The Reuters
