Has the world won the battle against Covid? Global virus deaths have plummeted by 90% since February.

Covid-19 deaths have fallen by nearly 90% globally since February. This shows that the world has finally won the battle against the pandemic.

The virus killed 9,400 people last week, compared to more than 75,000 deaths every seven days in early February. This is also the lowest level since his Covid epidemic began in March 2020.

world health organization At a press conference, the chiefs who compiled the data said the numbers were “a cause for optimism” and showed that the world “has come a long way”.

But they argued that the current death toll was “10,000 too many” and that Covid was “still a pandemic.”

The United States has recorded the highest number of Covid deaths per week of any country, averaging 2,000 every seven days, and the third highest number of cases per week.

However, the numbers of cases and deaths are heavily skewed by the number of tests performed.

Despite America’s relatively high death toll, virtually all Covid restrictions were abandoned in America after President Joe Biden declared the pandemic “over” in September.

Many left-wing scientists, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, quickly undermined the president, claiming there was still work to be done.

This graph shows cases detected each week in both the United States (green line) and the world (blue line).U.S. case numbers also show leveling off since last winter

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference: “We have come a long way. This is definitely cause for optimism.”

But he also urged everyone to “stay vigilant” against the new Covid variant and the surge in cases or deaths.

“Almost 10,000 deaths a week is 10,000 too many for a disease that can be prevented and treated,” he added.

Maria van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical director on Covid, also argued at a press conference that Covid “is still a pandemic and very prevalent around the world.”

Health organizations also reported 2.1 million Covid cases worldwide last week, down 88% from about 18 million in early February.

WHO does not have a strict and fast definition of when to declare the end of the pandemic.

Judgments are made by panels based on cases, mortality, vaccination rates, and social and political factors.

China is still using brutal lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus, and while most of the West has learned to live with the virus, some countries are still struggling to adapt. is shown.

Weekly deaths in the US have hovered around 2,000 to 3,000 since late April, and so far show no signs of increasing.

The lowest number of weekly Covid deaths ever recorded was in the seven days ending July 7, when the US recorded nearly 1,500 deaths in a week.

When the virus first appeared, people had no natural defenses against disease.

However, with the advent of the new coronavirus vaccine and the increase in the number of infected people, a wall of immunity against the virus has been built.

This has broken the link between the surge in cases and the subsequent increase in deaths.

Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a lockdown architect and top disease expert, said the level of Covid deaths in the US was still “unacceptable.”

He added that Americans shouldn’t be lured into a false sense of security as Covid statistics have been contracting since the spring.

“We may really be at a crossroads,” Fauci said in a radio interview.

“As we enter the cold season, we are beginning to see the emergence of substrain variants of omicron.”

He added: “We are still in the middle of this – it’s not over – 400 deaths per day is not an acceptable level. We want much lower than that.” is.