GENEVA (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 deaths are expected to reach 100,000 a week “very soon,” from more than 93,000 reported last week, said World Health Organization emergency specialist Mike Ryan, on Monday.
In an epidemiological update provided to the WHO executive board meeting, he added that the region of the Americas was responsible for about 47% of current deaths. In Europe, cases and deaths are stabilizing, but at a high level, he said.
“Currently, our epidemiological situation is dynamic and uneven, it is more complicated by variants,” he told the council.
Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge