Wednesday 12 May 2021

Please note: SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.617 was erroneously listed as B.1.612 in some paragraphs of the latest edition of the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Update. This error has been corrected.

Please find below the link to the corrected version of the Weekly Epidemiological Update, as of 09 May 2021:

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---11-may-2021

Overview

Global overview: The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths globally slightly decreased this week, with over 5.5 million cases and over 90 000 deaths. Case and death incidences, however, remain at the highest levels since the beginning of the pandemic. New weekly cases decreased in the regions of Europe and Eastern Mediterranean, while the South-East Asia Region continued an upward trajectory for 9 weeks and reported a further 6% increase last week.

Special focus: In this edition, special focus updates are provided on four SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern [B.1.1.7 (VOC202012/01); B.1.351 (501Y.V2); P.1; B.1.617] and six variants of interest, including the geographic distribution, and phenotypic impacts on transmissibility, vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

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