Covid deaths down 90% this year
June 9, 2026
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Covid deaths down 90% in 2022
https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing---9-november-2022
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/media-resources/press-briefings
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
9,400 covid linked deaths last week
Almost 90% less than in February of this year
(February 2022, 75,000 a week, globally)
We have come a long way, and this is definitely cause for optimism.
But we continue to call on all governments, communities and individuals to remain vigilant
Almost 10,000 deaths a week is 10,000 too many for a disease that can be prevented and treated
WHO continues to urge caution, and we continue to urge everyone to be fully vaccinated – including getting your next dose if it’s due.
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/covid-19/information/transmission-protective-measures
Get all the recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Keep a safe distance from others, especially in closed spaces
When indoors, open windows if possible
Wear a mask if you’re or those around you are at high risk of severe illness
Keep hands clean
Cover coughs and sneezes
Stay home when feeling unwel
Maria Van Kerkhove
substantial underestimate of the true circulation of the virus
still a pandemic, and it’s still circulating quite rampantly around the world
China, moves towards reality
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983898?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=127834AR&impID=4860881&faf=1
Shortening quarantine times, close contacts, inbound travellers
Seven days down to 5
Stop trying to identify "secondary" contacts
Looking incremental
National Health Commission (NHC)
Optimising and adjusting prevention and control measures
Not laying flat
10,535 new domestically transmitted cases for Thursday
ONS release, 2nd November 2022
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesenglandandwales/census2021unroundeddata
On Census Day, 21 March 2021, the size of the usual resident population in England and Wales was 59,597,542
56,490,048 in England and 3,107,494 in Wales
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice-november-2022
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice/november-2022