WHO = The World Health Organization summarized the number of new infections of the new coronavirus for the week until the 7th of this month on the 10th, and Japan became the highest in the world for the third consecutive week with more than 1.49 million.
The WHO released a new report on the global situation of the new coronavirus on the 10th.
As a result, the number of new infections in the week from the 1st to the 7th of this month was 6,980,516 worldwide, an increase of 3% from the previous week.
Of these, Japan had 1,496,968, an increase of 9% compared to the previous week, accounting for about 20% of the number of new infections worldwide, and the highest number in the world for three consecutive weeks.
In addition, the number of deaths per week in Japan during the same period was 1,002, an increase of 53% compared to the previous week, making it the fourth highest in the world after the United States, Brazil and Italy.
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.
In addition, BA.5, a type of Omicron strain that has been pointed out as a factor in the current spread of infection in Japan, is spreading more and more, and as of the end of July, 70% of all new coronaviruses detected worldwide It is pointed out that it occupies about