According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), in the week to November 7, the number of global Covid-19 deaths decreased by 4%, all regions decreased, except for Europe. Specifically, the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Europe increased by about 10%.

According to the report, during the week, the world added 3.1 million new Covid-19 cases , an increase of about 1% compared to the previous week. Of which, nearly two-thirds of global infections (about 1.9 million cases) were recorded in Europe. The number of new cases in Europe last week increased by 7% compared to the previous week. Russia, UK, Turkey, Germany are the countries with the highest number of new cases.

This is the 6th consecutive week that the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths in this region has increased.
The Moscow Times, citing data from the Russian Ministry of Health, said that on November 10, Russia continued to record a record number of deaths from Covid-19 with 1,239 cases within 24 hours.

With the number of deaths from Covid-19 in a row setting a new record, for the first time since the outbreak, Russia surpassed the US to become the country with the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the world in a week, surpassing the number of deaths from Covid-19 in the world. through America. The country has recorded an average of about 40,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths a day since the end of October.

The number of cases and deaths from Covid-19 in Russia has increased in the context of the low vaccination rate in the country and the people taking lax prevention measures. To date, less than 40% of Russia’s nearly 146 million people have been fully immunized with the Covid-19 vaccine.

Meanwhile, in Germany, more than 67% of the population has been vaccinated with two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine , but the number of Covid-19 cases has also tended to increase sharply recently. On November 5, Germany recorded more than 37,000 new cases, the highest since the beginning of the epidemic. Germany also recorded the week with the highest rate of Covid-19 ever, about 201 cases per 100,000 people. According to experts, two of the factors that make Germany face a strong outbreak is that vaccination rates are leveling off, while the level of protection provided by vaccines in the population tends to decrease after 6 months. months from the second injection.

In France, Health Minister Olivier Veran yesterday said that France is in the early stages of the 5th Covid-19 wave. "Some neighboring countries have entered the 5th wave of Covid-19, while France seems to have entered the 5th wave of Covid-19." like it’s just getting started," said Minister Veran. The number of new infections week by week in France has increased at a double-digit rate since mid-October.

Last week, WHO Director-General for Europe Hans Kluge said that the region is returning to the center of the world’s epidemic. He warned that Europe could record an additional 500,000 deaths between now and February 2022 if countries do not take more drastic action to stop the spread of the virus.