🌎 Weekly COVID-19 deaths also fell, with 15,523 new deaths reported, an 18.4% decline.
All parts of the region reported declines in deaths, ranging from a 6.9% drop in the Caribbean to a 27.9% decrease in Central America.
🌎 Weekly COVID-19 cases in the Americas reached 901,000 last week, a 19% overall decrease ⬇️ compared to the previous week.
While most parts of the region showed decreases, in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands, cases increased ⬆️ by 56.6%.
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High ⬆️ dietary sodium causes #hypertension, the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases 💔
Dietary sodium reduction ⬇️ is a cost-effective & efficient health intervention to prevent cardiovascular disease 💔
#DYK that processed products are our primary source of dietary sodium?
When food shopping 🛍, read the labels and select products with #lesssalt, or even better, choose natural food 🍎 options.
#ShaketheHabit #EatLessSalt
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