WHO says 'end is in sight' for the Covid pandemic as deaths drop
WHO leaders offered a hopeful message about the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, saying global deaths had reached a new low and "the end is in sight."
The Covid pandemic may be nearing a close, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
New weekly deaths reached their lowest point last week since March 2020. The WHO recorded around 11,000 deaths globally the week of Sept. 5-11, a 22% decrease from the previous week.
New weekly cases also fell by 28% in that time, from nearly 4.2 million during the week of Aug. 29 to Sept. 4 to around 3.1 million last week, according to the WHO.
"We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing Wednesday. "We are not there yet, but the end is in sight."
U.S. Covid deaths, however, have stayed relatively flat, with little change over the last two weeks, according to NBC News' tally.
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