{"id":1284508,"date":"2022-02-09T09:23:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1284508"},"modified":"2022-02-09T09:23:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:23:45","slug":"coronavirus-in-retreat-global-case-counts-plunge-17-in-past-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coronavirus-in-retreat-global-case-counts-plunge-17-in-past-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus in Retreat: Global Case Counts Plunge 17% in Past Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoronavirus-in-retreat-global-case-counts-plunge-17-in-past-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1284508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Coronavirus case counts fell 17 percent worldwide over the last week compared to the previous corresponding period, including a 50 percent drop in the United States alone, while deaths globally declined seven percent, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The weekly epidemiological report from the U.N. health agency <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.who.int\/\">outlines<\/a> the omicron variant is increasingly dominant \u2014 making up nearly 97 percent of all cases tallied by the international virus-tracking platform known as GISAID. Just over three percent were of the delta variant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new statistics come as calls grow around the world for an end to mask mandates and compulsory vaccinations, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/some-blue-states-end-mask-mandates-joining-bidens-pivot-midterms\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">King Biden&#8217;s Massive Flip-Flop on Vax Mandates <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6od5UrsQTb\">pic.twitter.com\/6od5UrsQTb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1436426526757691419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe prevalence of the omicron variant has increased globally and is now detected in almost all countries,\u201d W.H.O. said. \u201cHowever, many of the countries which reported an early rise in the number of cases due to the omicron variant have now reported a decline in the total number of new cases since the beginning of January 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>All told, W.H.O. reported more than 19 million new cases of coronavirus and under 68,000 new deaths during the week from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. As with all such tallies, experts say such figures are believed to greatly underestimate the real toll.<\/p>\n<p>Case counts fell in each of W.H.O.\u2019s six regions except its eastern Mediterranean zone, which reported a 36 percent jump, notably with increases in Afghanistan, Iran and Jordan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19723786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Coronavirus-Mandate-Protest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19723786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Coronavirus-Mandate-Protest.jpg\" alt=\"Municipal workers take part in a demonstration to protest against the covid-19 vaccine mandate, in New York on October 25, 2021.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Municipal workers take part in a demonstration to protest against the coronavirus vaccine mandate, in New York on October 25, 2021. (ED JONES\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The news of the decline in case counts comes as governments around the world look to wind back their restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Australia will soon reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors. Sweden is lifting most pandemic regulations, following in the footsteps of Denmark and Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Just this week, the governors of California, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/08\/oregon-to-lift-mask-requirement-no-later-than-march-31\/\">Oregon<\/a> said they would end statewide indoor mask mandates, some of which applied to schools and others to public places, the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/02\/09\/world\/covid-test-vaccine-cases\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In Canada the drive for freedom from all coronavirus restrictions has made global headlines.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ottawa Freedom Convoy Supporter Responds to Corporate Media Calling Trucker Protests &#8220;White Supremacy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oou5PRNNCh\">pic.twitter.com\/oou5PRNNCh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1489681466028175365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not every U.S. state is keen to end the restrictions, however.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/02\/08\/l-a-county-to-keep-indoor-mask-mandate-despite-state-dropping-its-own\/\">reported<\/a>,&nbsp;Los Angeles County will retain its indoor mask mandate past the February 15 date set Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom as the date to end a statewide mandate, according to public health officials in the county.<\/p>\n<p>The state will still require unvaccinated people to wear masks indoors after Feb. 15, at the risk of stigmatizing all those who wish to wear masks as a precaution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus case counts fell 17 percent worldwide over the last week compared to the previous corresponding period, including a 50 percent drop in the United States alone, while deaths globally &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}