After three months of near-consistent decline following the brutal Delta wave in the West, new cases of Covid-19 have again started rising the world over in the past month or so. A look at the regions that are fuelling the latest wave of infections in the world.
Yet another wave starts to rise in the US
The United States, the world’s worst-hit country by the virus in terms of total cases and deaths, remains the world’s biggest outbreak centre. The timing of the latest rise is particularly alarming as the latest wave of cases comes ahead of the holiday travel season, which experts fear may lead to an extended winter wave. On Wednesday, the US reported 104,702 new cases — the highest in over 40 days.
cross Europe, new surges ravage nations
Most countries in Europe are seeing a heavy and consistent surge over recent weeks, while countries such as the UK have only started seeing an upsurge in the last few days. Nations such as Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Russia are all currently experiencing their worst-ever recorded waves, while the Covid wave in nations like Poland is set to break all previous records.