The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Monday disclosed that over 1.1 million new cases of COVID-19 have been reported between December 11, 2023 and 7th January, 2024 with 8700 new fatalities, globally.
In an epidemiological update on the global and regional situation, with information on hospitalisations and ICU admissions, as well as the variants of Interest and variants under monitoring, WHO also revealed that as of 7th of January, a total of 774 million people have died of COVID-19 globally.
The report states that globally, the number of new cases increased by 4 per cent during the 28-day period of 11 December 2023 to 7 January 2024 as compared to the previous 28-day period, with over 1.1 million new cases.
“The number of new deaths decreased by 26 per cent as compared to the previous 28-day period, with 8700 new fatalities reported. As of 7 January 2024, over 774 million confirmed cases and over seven million deaths have been reported globally.
“During the period from 11 December 2023 to 7 January 2024, COVID-19 new hospitalisations and admissions to an intensive care unit (ICU) both recorded an overall increase of 40 per cent and 13 per cent with over 173 000 and 1900 admissions, respectively.
“Globally, JN.1 is currently the most circulating VOI and is now reported by 71 countries, accounting for around 66 per cent of the sequences in week 52 compared to around 25 per cent in week 48. Its parent lineage, BA.2.86, is stable and accounted for 7.8 per cent of sequences in week 52 compared to 7.0 per cent in week 48. The initial risk evaluation for JN.1 was published on 19 December 2023, with an overall evaluation of low public health risk at global level based on available evidence,” WHO stated
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