27 Oct 2021 Your two key COVID-19 weekly reports

Weekly COVID-19 Reports Update

Weekly Epidemiological Update

26 October

Globally, the numbers of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths increased slightly during the past week, with over 2.9 million cases and over 49 000 new deaths, a 4% and 5% increase respectively. With the exception of the European region, which continues for the fourth consecutive week to reported an increase in new COVID-19 cases (18% increase as compared with the previous week), other regions reported a decline. The largest decrease in new weekly cases was reported from the African Region (21%), followed by the Western Pacific Region (17%). The European and South-East Asia regions reported an increase in new weekly COVID-19 deaths, 14% and 13% respectively, as compared with the previous week. The largest decline in new weekly deaths was reported from the Western Pacific region showing a 13% decrease as compared to the previous week

As of 24 October, over 243 million confirmed cases and over 4.9 million deaths have been reported since the start of the pandemic

In this edition, three special focus updates are provided on:

Weekly Operational Update

25 October

In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:

WHO’s 7 policy recommendations on building resilient health systems

COVID-19 has had a wide-ranging impact on our society, has erased health gains and setback progress made towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Resources to address COVID-19 should not be to the detriment of needed investment in essential health services. WHO has now issued recommendations on building resilient health systems to keep people safe

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The COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan

Read more stories of ongoing work in countries around the world in support of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2021

This week we have received additional funds from Gavi The Vaccine Alliance, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), and United States of America, as well as pledges from Gavi The Vaccine Alliance and the Republic of Korea. Thanks to all donors and partners contributing to the WHO COVID-19 Response

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