11 May 2022 Your key COVID-19 reports

COVID-19 Reports Update

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Weekly Epidemiological Update

11 May

Globally, the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline since the end of March 2022.

During the week of 2 through 8 May 2022, over 3.5 million cases and over 12 000 deaths were reported, decreases of 12% and 25% respectively, as compared to the previous week. However, an increase in the number of new weekly cases was reported from the Region of the Americas (+14%) and the African Region (+12%) and an increase in the number of weekly deaths was reported from the African Region (+84%).

As of 8 May 2022, over 514 million confirmed cases and over six million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we provide an update on the geographic distribution of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs), including the prevalence and summary of current evidence of the Omicron variant. We also provide updates on vaccine effectiveness for the Omicron variant.

14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021

Excess mortality includes deaths associated with COVID-19 directly due to the disease, or indirectly, for example when people were unable to access prevention and treatment because health systems were overburdened by the pandemic.

Measurement of excess mortality is an essential component to understand the impact of the pandemic but data deficiencies make it difficult to assess the true scope of a crisis.

The Technical Advisory Group for COVID-19 Mortality Assessment convened jointly by the WHO and UN DESA, is working to deliver an authoritative assessment of the global toll of lives lost from the pandemic.

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