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| 5 Oct 2021 Your two key COVID-19 weekly reports Weekly COVID-19 Reports UpdateAccess all reportsWeekly Epidemiological Update5 OctoberGlobally, the number of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to decline. This is a trend that has been observed since August. Over 3.1 million new cases and just over 54 000 new deaths were reported during the week of 27 September to 3 October 2021. Cases this week decreased by 9% as compared to the previous week, while deaths remained similar. All regions reported a decline in the number of new cases this week apart from the European Region which remained similar to the week before. The largest decrease in new weekly cases was reported from the African Region (43%), followed by the Eastern Mediterranean Region (21%), the South-East Asia Region (19%), the Region of the Americas (12%) and the Western Pacific (12%). The cumulative number of confirmed cases reported globally is now over 234 million and the cumulative number of deaths is just under 4.8 million In this edition, we provide updates on the impacts of the phenotypic characteristics (transmissibility, disease severity, risk of reinfection, and impacts on diagnostics and vaccine performance) of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) and the geographic distribution of VOCs Download the reportWeekly Operational Update4 OctoberIn this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: Nearly a third of African countries hit 10% COVID-19 vaccination goal: support to accelerate vaccine rolloutsSupporting national vaccine cold chain system in Islamic Republic of IranWHO/Europe supports COVID-19 intensive care in GeorgiaFourth Intra-Action Review (IAR) Meeting to strengthen Indonesia’s COVID-19 responseWorking together in Nicaragua to bring training to the front linesProgress on a subset of indicators from the SPRP 2021 Monitoring and Evaluation FrameworkUpdates on WHO’s financing to support countries in SPRP 2021 implementation and provision of critical supplies Download the reportWHO’s work towards vaccine equity continues in Africa and beyondStories from Lesotho, Cameroon, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Afghanistan, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, South Sudan and more Photo ©WHO/AFRO Read the storiesVideo highlights from work in countriesRead more stories of ongoing work in countries around the world in support of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2021 In the last two weeks we have received additional funding from The Netherlands, EU's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), and Gavi The Vaccine Alliance as well as pledge from The Netherlands. Thanks to all donors and partners contributing to the WHO COVID-19 Response This email is aimed at keeping you informed of WHO's work to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and showcase stories of impact only possible thanks to the contributions of our donors and partners. Help us improve it by sharing your feedback to WHO media Share Tweet Share Forward
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