Brief COVID-19 Update: September 22, 2021

For the second week in a row, the numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined. No region reported any increase in weekly case incidence, and only the Western Pacific Region reported an increase (7%) in the number of deaths. The cumulative number of cases reported globally is now over 228.8 million and the cumulative number of deaths is almost 4.7 million.

COVID-19 Update: September 15, 2021

The new cases reported globally in the past week have declined after more than two months. All regions reported decreases in new cases and in the number of deaths –except Africa where the number of weekly deaths increased by 7%. The cumulative number of cases reported globally is now over 225 million and the cumulative number of deaths is just over 4.6 million.