For the fourth week in a row, the number of coronavirus contaminations is down sharply in many countries.
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The number of Covid-19 contaminations is decelerating in most countries. The Covid-19 pandemic continued, during the week of Monday February 21, its sharp decline in the world, except in Asia. With 1.66 million contaminations recorded every day worldwide, the indicator has fallen sharply for the fourth consecutive week (-16% compared to the previous week), according to an AFP report stopped on Thursday.
Daily contaminations have been halved since their peak reached a month ago (3.37 million during the week of January 21 to 27). Kosovo is the country that recorded the largest weekly decline.
This week, only Asia saw its situation deteriorate, with 20% more contamination compared to the previous week. Hong Kong is the territory that recorded the biggest acceleration of the week: +331% compared to the previous week, 7,600 new daily cases. The former British colony, which is seeing its contamination explode despite having succeeded in applying a zero-Covid policy until then, announced three series of PCR tests for each of its 7.4 million inhabitants and measures of social distancing tougher than ever.
Globally, the number of daily deaths continues to decline (-10%, 9,348 deaths per day). The United States has the highest number of daily deaths in absolute value, with 1,905 per day this week, ahead of Brazil (784) and Russia (772).