GENEVA (Reuters) – World deaths at COVID-19 are expected to exceed 100,000 a week “very soon,” from more than 93,000 reported last week, World Health Organization emergency expert Mike Ryan said on Monday.
In an epidemiological update provided to the WHO leadership meeting, he added that the Americas accounted 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