Has the world won the war against Covid? Global virus deaths have fallen by 90% since February

The number of Covid deaths has fallen by almost 90 percent worldwide since February – a sign that the world is finally winning the battle against the pandemic.

There were 9,400 deaths from the virus last week, down from more than 75,000 every seven days in early February. This is also the lowest level since the start of the Covid boom in March 2020.

The heads of the World Health Organization – which collected the data – said at a news conference that the figures were “reason for optimism” and showed the world had “progressed a long way”.

But they insisted the current death toll was “10,000 too many” and claimed Covid was “still a pandemic”.

America has the most weekly Covid deaths of any country, averaging 2,000 every seven days, and the third highest number of weekly cases.

But the number of cases and deaths is heavily skewed by the number of tests being carried out.

Despite America’s relatively high death toll, virtually all of the US’s Covid restrictions have been lifted, with President Joe Biden declaring the pandemic “over” in September.

Many left-wing scientists – including Dr. Anthony Fauci – who quickly undermined the president and claimed there was work to be done.

This graph shows weekly cases detected both in the US (green line) and worldwide (blue line). It shows that the number of cases in the US has also dropped since last winter

WHO’s director general, dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference: “We have come a long way and this is certainly cause for optimism.”

But he also urged everyone to “remain vigilant” for new Covid variants and increases in cases or deaths.

“Almost 10,000 deaths a week is 10,000 too many for a preventable and treatable disease,” he added.

Maria van Kerkhove, the WHO technical lead for Covid, also insisted during a press conference that Covid “is still a pandemic that is quite widespread around the world”.

The health agency reported 2.1 million Covid cases worldwide last week, down 88 percent from the nearly 18 million in early February.

The WHO has no fixed definition of when a pandemic should be declared over.

The rating is made by a panel based on cases, deaths and vaccination rates, as well as social and political factors.

China continues to impose brutal restrictions to stem the spread of the virus, showing that while most of the West is learning to live with the virus, some countries are still struggling to adapt.

Weekly deaths in the US have remained at around 2,000 to 3,000 since late April and there are currently no signs that they are on the verge of an increase.

The lowest weekly Covid death toll to date was recorded in the seven days to July 7, when the US recorded around 1,500 deaths in a week.

When the virus first emerged, humans had no natural protection against the disease.

But with the advent of Covid vaccines and an ever-increasing number of infections, a wall of immunity has been built against the virus.

This broke the link between the increasing number of cases and a subsequent rise in deaths.

Last week, the outgoing lockdown architect and top disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci that the level of Covid deaths in the US is still “unacceptable”.

He added that Americans should not be lulled into a false sense of security as Covid statistics have been declining since the spring.

“We are really at a point where there could be a crossroads,” said dr. Fauci in a radio interview.

“As we move into the colder months, we’re starting to see the emergence of subline variants of Omicron.”

He added: “We’re still in the middle of it – it’s not over yet – 400 deaths a day is not an acceptable level. We want to get it much lower.”