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July 6

July 6 is he 187 h day of he yea (188 h i leap yea s) i he G ego ia cale da ; 178 days emai u il he e d of he yea .

Weekly epidemiological upda e o COVID-19 – 6 July 2021

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Las week, he umbe of ew cases i c eased sligh ly, while he umbe of ew dea hs co i ued o dec ease, wi h ove 2.6 millio ew cases a d jus u de 54 000 ew dea hs epo ed globally. This is he lowes weekly mo ali y figu e si ce ea ly Oc obe 2020. The cumula ive umbe of cases epo ed globally ow exceeds 183 millio a d he umbe of dea hs is almos 4 millio . Las week, all Regio s epo ed a i c ease i ew cases excep fo he Ame icas. The Eu opea Regio epo ed a sha p i c ease i i cide ce (30%) whe eas Af ica egio epo ed a sha p i c ease i mo ali y (23%) whe compa ed o he p evious week. All Regio s, wi h he excep io of he Ame icas a d Sou h-Eas Asia, epo ed a i c ease i he umbe of dea hs las week.

I his edi io , a special focus upda e o he va ia s is p ovided, which i cludes upda es o eme gi g evide ce su ou di g he phe o ypic cha ac e is ics of VOCs ( a smissibili y, disease seve i y, isk of ei fec io , a d impac s o diag os ics a d vacci e pe fo ma ce), upda es o he geog aphic dis ibu io of VOCs a d o he va ia classifica io . I also i cludes he va ia wo ki g defi i io s, as well as o he va ia s a d ami o acid cha ges u de mo i o i g.