Weekly epidemiological update
Globally, 4.1 million new cases were reported in the past week, a decline of 15% from last week, and the number of new deaths reported was just under 96 000, comparable to the previous week. This brings the cumulative numbers to over 98.2 million reported cases and over 2.1 million deaths globally since the start of the pandemic
In this edition of the COVID Epidemiological Update, special focus updates are provided on: Solidarity II forum and use of international standards for sero-epidemiological surveys, as well as on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
