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Sat, September 23, 2023 | 07:19
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Global COVID-19 deaths rise for 1st time in 6 weeks
전세계 코로나19 사망자 수 6주 만에 다시 증가세 전환
Posted : 2021-03-28 23:44
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Tourists, mostly from Mexico City, enjoy Caleta Beach in the port of Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico, on March 19, 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP-Yonhap
Tourists, mostly from Mexico City, enjoy Caleta Beach in the port of Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico, on March 19, 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP-Yonhap

A top World Health Organization expert on the coronavirus pandemic said Monday the weekly global count of deaths from COVID-19 is rising again, a "worrying sign" after about six weeks of declines.

세계보건기구(WHO)의 코로나바이러스 감염병 전문가는 월요일 코로나바이러스 사망자 수가 6주 만에 다시 증가하고 있으며 "우려할만한 징조"라고 밝혔다.


Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on COVID-19 at the U.N. health agency, said the growth followed a fifth straight week of confirmed cases increasing worldwide.

세계보건기구의 코로나19 기술책임자인 마리아 반 케르코브는 전 세계적으로 5주 연속 확진자가 증가한 데 이어 이번 사망자 증가세도 지속됐다고 말했다.


She said the number of reported cases went up in four of the WHO's six regions, though there were significant variations within each region.

그녀는 세계보건기구의 6개 지역 중 4 개 지역에서 사망자 수가 증가했지만, 각 지역마다 상당한 차이가 있었다고 말했다.


"In the last week, cases have increased by 8 percent," Van Kerkhove told reporters. "In Europe, that is 12 percent — and that's driven by several countries." The increase is due in part to the spread of a variant that first emerged in Britain and is now circulating in many other places, including eastern Europe, she said.

반 케르코브는 기자들에게 "지난주 동안 8% 증가했다"고 말했다. "유럽은 12%에 달하며 이는 여러 국가에 의해 주도되고 있다"라며 "이 같은 증가는 영국에서 처음 출현한 변이바이러스가 현재 동유럽을 포함한 많은 다른 국가에서 퍼지고 있기 때문"이라고 그녀는 설명했다.


Southeast Asia registered a 49 percent week-to-week jump in confirmed cases, while WHO's Western Pacific region reported a 29 percent rise largely fueled by the Philippines, Van Kerkhove said.

반 케르코브는 "동남아 지역은 한 주간 49% 급증한 것으로 확인됐으며 서태평양 지역은 필리핀으로 인해 29% 늘었다"고 말했다.


The eastern Mediterranean region saw cases rise 8 percent, while the number of cases reported in the Americas and Africa declined.

지중해 동부지역은 8% 증가했지만, 아메리카와 아프리카에서 보고된 건수는 감소했다.


"I do want to mention that it had been about six weeks where we were seeing decreases in deaths," said Van Kerkhove. "And in the last week, we've started to see a slight increase in deaths across the world, and this is to be expected if we are to see increasing cases. But this is also a worrying sign." (AP)

"사망자가 줄어든 지 6주 정도 되었다는 것을 말하고 싶다"라고 반 케르코브는 말했다. 이어 "그리고 지난주, 전 세계적으로 사망자 수가 약간 증가하기 시작했다. 만약 우리가 확진자 수가 증가하는 경우를 보게 된다면 사망자 수 증가는 예상할 수 있는 일이다. 하지만 이는 걱정스러운 징조"라고 덧붙였다.


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