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Continued globally, the reduction in the number of new cases and deaths from COVID-19. During the week of April 11-17, 2022, more than 5 million cases and more than 18,000 deaths were reported, reflecting a 24% and 12% reduction, respectively, compared to the previous week.
In all, as of April 17, 2022, more than 500 million confirmed cases and more than 6 million deaths have been reported worldwide. GISAID genome collection platform. Of the 313,715 sequences downloaded over the past 30 days on the information platform, 312,033 samples were 99.5% Omicron and only 136, down 0.1%, were from Delta.
Specifically for the WHO European Region after the increase observed in mid-March 2022, the number of new weekly cases continued to decline, recording 2.8 million new cases, a decrease of 25% compared to the previous week. The highest numbers of new cases were reported from France, Germany and Italy. The number of new weekly deaths continued to decline by 23% compared to the previous week. The highest numbers of new deaths were reported from Russia, Germany and Italy.
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