世界のコロナ死者、６００万人超に　ＡＦＰ集計

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】新型コロナウイルスの世界的な流行開始以来、世界中で６００万人以上が同ウイルスで死亡した。ＡＦＰによる８日の集計で明らかになった。（資料写真）
　ＡＦＰが各地の公式データを日本時間同日午後６時現在でまとめたところ、新型ウイルスにより累計で６００万１５８５人が死亡したことが判明した。
　世界の大半の地域では現在、感染者・死者数が急速に減少しているが、感染が過去最悪規模で拡大している香港を含むアジアと、新規感染者が急増しているニュージーランドを含むオセアニアは例外となっている。
　新型ウイルスによる世界の死者数の７日間平均は前週から１８％減の７１７０人となった。多くの国が感染予防措置の緩和に動いているが、変異株「オミクロン株」の流行がピークに達した２月中旬以降、減少傾向が続いている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/03/09-11:34）

Over six million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP on Tuesday.
A total of 6,003,081 people have succumbed to the virus, AFP counted at 1100 GMT.
The milestone comes as the number of infections and deaths continues to plummet in most regions of the world, except in Asia, where Hong Kong is suffering its worst-ever outbreak, and Oceania, where New Zealand has recorded a jump in cases.
Average global daily deaths over the past seven days have fallen to 7,170, down 18 percent in a week, continuing a trend seen since the peak of the Omicron wave in early February despite many countries relaxing restrictions.
The United States has recorded 960,311 deaths from the coronavirus, followed by Brazil on 652,341 and India on 515,210.
While much of the world is learning to live with the disease, China remains committed to stamping it out and has instructed Hong Kong to also pursue a zero-tolerance approach.
Hong Kong has launched controversial plans to test all 7.4 million residents and build a network of isolation camps. The number of weekly infections in the city has doubled in a week to 290,987 while the number of deaths has more than tripled to 1,543.
In regional terms Europe -- which is defined widely by the World Health Organization to include Russia, Israel and countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia -- is currently reporting the largest number of cases.
It also accounted last week for nearly two fifths of the world's deaths.
Countries reporting the highest death rates in proportion of their population were Hong Kong with 20.58 per 100,000 inhabitants, Latvia (6.42), Georgia (5.89), Denmark (5.13), and Hungary (5.04).
AFP's tally is based on Covid-19 deaths reported by national health authorities.
The World Health Organization believes that the real figure could be two to three times higher.
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