‘We cannot live with 15,000 deaths a week’: WHO warns on rise in COVID fatalities
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In Canada, COVID-19 hospitalizations are trending in the right direction — though thousands still remain hospitalized as a result of contracting the virus.
Reported COVID-19 deaths around the globe have increased by 35 per cent over the past four weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that risk factors are set to increase as cold weather approaches.
In the last week alone, 15,000 people died from COVID-19 globally, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
In Canada, 263 people died from COVID-19 from the week of July 31 to Aug. 6, according to Health Canada.
“We’re all tired of this virus and tired of the pandemic. But the virus is not tired of us,” Tedros said, speaking during a press conference Wednesday.
“With colder weather approaching in the northern hemisphere and people spending more time indoors, the risks for more intense transmission and hospitalization will only increase in the coming months.”
In Canada, COVID-19 hospitalizations are trending in the right direction — though thousands still remain hospitalized as a result of contracting the virus.
As of Aug. 8, there were 4,905 people hospitalized with COVID-19, a slight decline from the 5,094 in hospital beds the week before.
COVID-19 patients in the ICU dropped to 264 from 279, but the number who were mechanically vented increased to 103 from 101.
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