Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday

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Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday – CBC

by tmnationtalk on January 12, 2022151 Views

COVID-19 cases surged last week, number of deaths hold steady, WHO says

Jan 12, 2022

The number of new coronavirus infections in the last week jumped by about 55 per cent, although the number of deaths remained stable, the World Health Organization said in its latest pandemic report.

In the report covering Jan. 3 to 9, the UN health agency said there were about 15 million new COVID-19 cases last week and more than 43,000 deaths. Every world region reported a rise in COVID-19 cases except for Africa, where officials saw an 11 per cent drop.

According to the WHO weekly situation report, the highest number of reported cases were in:

The United States, with more than 4.6 million recorded cases.
France, with nearly 1.6 million recorded cases.
The United Kingdom, with more than 1.2 million recorded cases.
The update comes a week after the WHO recorded a pandemic high of 9.5 million new infections in a single week.