Weekly update, reported cases are slightly down, reported deaths same as last week.
In total 6.74 million new cases were reported last week (down from 7.06 million) to a total of 587,507,450
Also another 16,343 deaths were reported (16,362 last week) to a total of 6,433,847
Europe's reported cases are heading down (1.68 million this week, 2.06 million last week), deaths not yet (6,215 this week, 6,240 last week)
USA is also reporting fewer cases (812K this week, 908K last week) but reported more deaths this week (3,617 this week, 3,108 last week)
The continents
Asia is heading up, the rest declining.
Corners of the world
Japan slowed its explosive growth, reported deaths are still heading up fast. Reported cases are about 2.3x as many as the peak in Februari, reported deaths is still below that peak, yet lagging behind. The rest are all staying below their previous highest peaks.
Our chief medical officer says the 7th wave has peaked in Ontario. The hospital here is still begging people not to come though. Not enough staff and still under severe strain. Wastewater surveillance is showing a decline. The weather is a bigger problem atm, heat wave after heat wave, tornado warnings, drought, severe thunderstorms that last 5 minutes, what have we done to this planet :/