Today I want to offer an update on one key component of our region’s COVID response: vaccination 🩹

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These trends show that we must continue to sustain every part of our COVID response.

🔸 Vaccinations
🔸 testing
🔸 and continuing public health measures like mask wearing and social distancing remain crucial.

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Deaths increased ⬆️ for the fourth consecutive week in all subregions, showing an increase of nearly 33% over the previous week.  

In the Caribbean, deaths have more than doubled in Cuba, the Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda.

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Surges continue across Central and South America, where Chile and Brazil posted record numbers of daily cases 📈

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Most of the new cases were reported in North America, which saw more than 4️⃣ million new infections.

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Other islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe, are seeing COVID 🦠spread rapidly among young and unvaccinated people.

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Last week, the Region of the Americas 🌎 reported more than 7 million new COVID cases and more than 34,000 COVID-related deaths.

However, the rise in infections seems to be slowing down in places hit earliest by the Omicron variant 🦠

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COVID infections 🦠 and deaths in our region remain on the rise, and hospitalizations and ICU admissions have continued to increase in all subregions.

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