called this a “tragic milestone” and a preventable one that begs for more action to reduce the spread of the virus.“We cannot say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when one million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone, when we are two-and-a-half years into the pandemic and have all the tools necessary to prevent these deaths,” Tedros said during a briefing in Geneva Thursday.
The number of new weekly deaths also decreased, but by a slightly higher rate of 15 per cent, as compared with the previous week, with more than 14,000 fatalities reported globally last week.Why return to some Covid-related restrictions could be possible this fall or winter However, the UN agency warns that current trends in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths should be interpreted with caution, as many countries have been progressively changing COVID-19 testing strategies, resulting in lower overall numbers of tests performed and consequently lower numbers of cases detected.Canada, meanwhile, has seen a total of 43,505 COVID-19-related deaths in the country since the pandemic began, including 251 people who died during the week of Aug.
sure.
In related news, 140 million people were born this year. So in context, 1 million people dying of Covid is 0.7% of those who were born. In other words, who cares, humanity is more than making up for the loss.
of covid? with covid perhaps.
An uncompelling statistic on the global stage, the narrative is broken.