Global Covid cases up 80% as new subvariant rises
PARIS – The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 per cent in the last month, the World Health Organisation said on Friday, days after designating a new “variant of interest”.But it has warned that the virus will continue to circulate and mutate, causing occasional spikes in infections, hospitalisations and deaths.
Many of the new cases came in the Western Pacific region, which saw infections jump by 137 per cent, WHO said. More than 17 per cent of all reported cases were EG.5 in mid-July, up from 7.6 per cent a month before, according to WHO.Subvariant poses ‘low’ risk Nonetheless, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that “the risk remains of a more dangerous variant emerging that could cause a sudden increase in cases and deaths”.
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