Source : L’Express, Friday 25 February, www.lexpress.fr
Summary by Dr Pierre INIGUEZ
For the fourth consecutive week, the number of SARS-Cov-2 infections has decreased worldwide, with a 16% decrease between February 18 and 24 compared to the previous week. This epidemic decrease corresponds to a daily number of infections divided by 2 for the last month. Only in Asia is the situation deteriorating, with 20% more infections this week than the previous week. The number of cases has even exploded in Hong Kong with +331% in one week. In terms of mortality, the daily number of deaths also continues to decrease (-10%) with 3 countries particularly affected: the United States, Brazil and Russia.
