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Weekly update, overall reported cases and deaths continue to go down. We're finally getting below the reported deaths from the first wave of the pandemic. Back to March 2020. Cases and hospitalizations are still rising again here in Canada and overall still much higher, yet the death rate has plummeted due to vaccinations, less deadly variants and better treatment options.
In total 6.10 million new cases were reported last week (down from 7.82 million) to a total of 503,628,872. Half a billion reported cases!
Also another 20,931 more deaths were reported (down from 28,167) to a total of 6,219,927
USA is creeping up a bit, Europe still declining yet also getting more sporadic in reporting.
Reported deaths are still on the decline, globally reaching the lowest levels since the start of the pandemic.
The continents
Living with Covid-19, keeping the infections at a steady level
Corners of the world
Canada is heading up, China can't look good any longer just reporting symptomatic cases. Rising regardless.
South Korea still heading down from their big wave, USA slightly up, the rest keeping the status quo.
USA reported 258K new cases (up from 224K) and 3,381 more deaths (down from 3,987)
Canada reported 63K new cases (down from 68K) and 411 deaths (306 last week) (Good Friday's numbers are missing)
Europe in detail
Still heading in the right direction although reporting is becoming less and less frequent. As long as reported deaths keep going down it's no problem.
Europe reported 6.10 million new cases (down from 7.82 million) and 20,931 more deaths (down from 28,167)
We're relying on wastewater analysis now to make predictions, tests are too selective and looking at hospitalizations is too late.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/wastewater-now-one-of-our-only-reliable-tools-to-detect-covid-19-prevalence-1.5862546
People are getting more and more upset with the harsh measures in China
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/growing-defiance-of-covid-19-measures-in-china-brings-wave-of-arrests-1.5863315
The Chinese public have been largely supportive of the zero-COVID policy that kept the coronavirus at bay for the two years after it emerged in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019 and spread rapidly around the world. But the support seems to be wearing thin as the highly contagious Omicron variant emerges in China, triggering curbs that have brought food shortages, family separations, lost wages and economic pain.
Sun's protest reflects growing frustration and resentment, in a society that generally respects authority, with a COVID strategy that is increasingly challenged by the Omicron variant. The last straw for authorities came on March 27, when Sun walked around his campus carrying a placard that read "lift the lockdown on Ludong." Police detained him and on April 1 Ludong University expelled him, according to a letter from the university seen by Reuters.
