The number of new cases of coronavirus infection, as well as the number of victims of COVID-19 in the world, continues to decline, and the number of countries where mutations of the virus are detected are becoming more and more. This was reported on the website of the World Health Organization (WHO).
It is noted that the number of new cases of infection in the world continues to fall for the sixth consecutive week. So, last week there were 2.4 million new cases, which is 11 percent less than in the previous week. In addition, the number of new deaths has continued to decline over the past three weeks, with almost 66,000 new deaths recorded last week, down 20 percent from the previous week.
According to the WHO, new strains of coronavirus infection continue to spread. The British strain has already been found in 101 countries, the South African strain in 51 countries, and the Brazilian strain in 29.
On February 20, WHO confirmed 110 million coronavirus infections worldwide. An outbreak of pneumonia COVID-19 caused by a new type of coronavirus was first recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan.
