New Delhi, July 7
The WHO has flagged a new sub-variant of Omicron called BA.2.75 in India and some other countries saying fewer sequences are available but in preliminary studies the new sub lineage appears to have some mutations.
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke of the sub-variant detection in India yesterday in his weekly press conference.
Globally, the number of weekly cases has increased for the fourth consecutive week, after a declining trend since the last peak in March 2022.
During the week of 27 June to 3 July, over 4.6 million new cases were reported, a figure similar to that of the previous week.
The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 12 per cent, with over 8100 fatalities reported.
At the regional level, the number of new weekly cases increased in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (+29%), the South-East Asia Region (+20%), the European Region (+15%), and the Western Pacific Region (+4%), while it decreased in the African Region (-33%) and the Region of the Americas (-18%).
The number of new weekly deaths increased in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (+34%) and the South-East Asia Region (+16%), while decreases were observed in the African Region (-50%), the Region of the Americas (-13%), the European Region (-12%) and the Western Pacific Region (-12%). As of 3 July 2022, over 546 million confirmed cases and over 6.3 million deaths have been reported globally.
