09-11-2021, 08:04 AM
Some countries in eastern Europe including Russia are seeing record outbreaks
Global Covid-19 cases surpassed 250 million yesterday as some countries in eastern Europe report record outbreaks, even as the Delta variant surge eases elsewhere and many countries resume trade and tourism.
The daily average number of cases has fallen by 36 per cent over the past three months, according to a Reuters analysis, but the virus is still infecting 50 million people every 90 days due to the highly transmissible Delta variant.
Infections are still rising in 55 out of 240 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Greece at or near record levels of reported cases, since the pandemic started two years ago, according to the analysis.
More than half the world's population have yet to receive a single dose of a vaccine, according to Our World In Data, a figure that drops to less than 5 per cent in low-income countries.
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper
Global Covid-19 cases surpassed 250 million yesterday as some countries in eastern Europe report record outbreaks, even as the Delta variant surge eases elsewhere and many countries resume trade and tourism.
The daily average number of cases has fallen by 36 per cent over the past three months, according to a Reuters analysis, but the virus is still infecting 50 million people every 90 days due to the highly transmissible Delta variant.
Infections are still rising in 55 out of 240 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Greece at or near record levels of reported cases, since the pandemic started two years ago, according to the analysis.
More than half the world's population have yet to receive a single dose of a vaccine, according to Our World In Data, a figure that drops to less than 5 per cent in low-income countries.
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper