Covid-19: Death Toll raise by 35% with 15,000 Recorded in a Week – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lamented in continuous increase in covid-19 cases resulting in serious death.
The Director General, Dr Adhanom Ghebreyesus, disclosed this while speaking at a news conference from the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva yesterday.
According to the director, COVID-19 deaths have increased over the last four weeks, rising by 35 per cent, with 15,000 lives lost in the past week alone.
“Fifteen thousand deaths a week is completely unacceptable, when we have all the tools to prevent infections and save lives.
“Although everyone might be tired of COVID-19 but virus is not tired of us,” he said.
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Omicron remains the dominant variant, with the Ba with 5 sub-variant accounting for more than 90 per cent of genome sequences shared in the last month.
Ghebreyesus reported that it is becoming harder to understand how the virus might be changing.
The number of sequences shared per week has fallen by 90 per cent since the beginning of the year, and the number of countries sharing sequences has also dropped by 75 per cent.
He warned that with colder weather approaching in the northern hemisphere, and people spending more time indoors, the risk for more intense transmissions will only increase.
In addition, he said measures such as wearing a mask and avoiding crowds, especially indoors should be embraced.
