Number Of New COVID-19 Cases Stabilizing Globally, But Deaths Continue To Rise

CIDRAP News: Global cases stabilizing, but COVID deaths continue to climb
“Global incidence of new COVID-19 cases remained high but stable for the second week in a row, while global coronavirus deaths increased, according to the latest weekly epidemiologic update from the World Health Organization (WHO). … The WHO update showed just under 4 million reported COVID-19 cases in the past 7 days, nearly half of which came from the Region of the Americas, which saw a 12% increase from the previous week…” (Dall, 12/9).

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