New COVID-19 cases fall by 43% in 10 days – The Peninsula

New COVID-19 cases fall by 43% in 10 days – The Peninsula

In line with global trend of decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases, Qatar has also recorded a 43% drop in daily new cases in the last 10 days.

The Ministry of Public Health reported 442 new COVID-19 cases yesterday which is a drop by 341 cases compared to February 10 when the number of registered cases stood at 783. Also the number of new cases in Qatar dipped below 500 for the second consecutive day as the ongoing wave of Omicron variant infections further receded.

Average weekly COVID-19 cases have been steadily declining in February. On January 30, average weekly COVID-19 cases in Qatar were 2,042; they declined to 930 on February 11 and again reduced to 513 on February 19.

Qatar has seen a reduction in number of new COVID-19 cases similar to a worldwide drop by 19 percent in the past week, according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest report on the pandemic.

The WHO has said that “just over 16 million new cases and just under 75,000 new deaths were reported,” globally during the week of February 7 to February 13.

The Ministry of Public Health reported a total of 678 people recovering from COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total number