As we near the holiday season, we remind everyone that it’s up to all of us to keep each other safe by getting vaccinated 💉 and following the public health measures that have proven effective against this virus, like social distancing and mask wearing 😷
As Uruguay and Chile have relaxed public health measures, they’re also witnessing a spike in COVID cases 🦠, even despite their high vaccination coverage.
It bears repeating that the COVID pandemic is still very active in our region 🌎
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In the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic and Barbados continue to report a steady rise 📈 in new infections.
The Cayman Islands is experiencing its highest incidence of COVID infections 🦠 to date – and two thirds of these cases are among the unvaccinated.
But countries across Central and South America are seeing a decline 📉 in new infections, except for Bolivia, which continues to experience rising cases 🦠
Meanwhile Trinidad and Tobago is witnessing a sharp rise 📈 in COVID deaths as ICU beds fill with COVID patients.
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In North America, Mexico 🇲🇽 is reporting a 3.5 percent increase in new cases this week, and an increasing trend in new deaths.
Canada 🇨🇦 cases and hospitalizations 🏥 continue to drop.
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Some of the most populous countries in the region like the US 🇺🇸, Brazil 🇧🇷 and Colombia 🇨🇴 are seeing a leveling of new infections after weeks of declining trends.
We have seen a 5️⃣% decrease 📉 in new cases in the Region of the Americas 🌎 over the previous week, and a 17% decrease in new deaths.
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Last week there were nearly 760,000 new COVID cases 🦠 and 12,800 COVID-related deaths reported in the Americas 🌎
🚨🔊PAHO Press Briefing on #COVID19🦠in the Americas 🌎 November 17, 2021😷 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
