WHO = According to the infection status of the new coronavirus for the week until the 21st of this month compiled by the World Health Organization, Japan had the highest number of new infections in the world for 5 consecutive weeks, and the number of deaths was 2 weeks. Second highest in the world for consecutive years.
The WHO released a new report on the global spread of the new coronavirus on the 24th.
As a result, the number of new infections in the week from the 15th to the 21st of this month was 5,306,244 worldwide, a decrease of 9% from the previous week.
Of these, Japan had 1,476,374, an increase of 6% compared to the previous week, accounting for about a quarter of the number of new infections worldwide, and the highest number in the world for five consecutive weeks.
In addition, the number of deaths in Japan during the same period was 1,624, which was slightly lower than the previous week, but was the second highest in the world after the United States for the second consecutive week.
The WHO says that the actual number of infected people and deaths may be higher, as some countries have reduced the number of tests due to changes in testing policies.