Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant, WHO warns
- Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday.
- The comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mark a change in tone just months after he said that the world has never been in a better position to end the pandemic.
- "We are much closer to being able to say that the emergency phase of the pandemic is over, but we're not there yet," Tedros said.
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Cases by State
| States | Confirmed | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| California | 11,492,488 | 97,437 |
| Texas | 8,084,617 | 91,380 |
| Florida | 7,239,478 | 82,875 |
| New York | 6,354,911 | 73,803 |
| Illinois | 3,860,866 | 40,247 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,350,067 | 48,271 |
| North Carolina | 3,268,501 | 27,347 |
| Ohio | 3,227,759 | 40,466 |
| Georgia | 2,937,280 | 41,024 |
| Michigan | 2,929,612 | 39,972 |
| New Jersey | 2,835,549 | 35,079 |
| Tennessee | 2,385,084 | 28,298 |
| Arizona | 2,324,560 | 31,709 |
| Virginia | 2,143,804 | 22,366 |
| Massachusetts | 2,109,719 | 22,397 |
| Indiana | 1,959,421 | 25,138 |
| Wisconsin | 1,921,421 | 15,589 |
| Washington | 1,854,190 | 14,743 |
| South Carolina | 1,735,351 | 18,707 |
| Minnesota | 1,707,968 | 14,039 |
| Colorado | 1,703,098 | 13,586 |
| Missouri | 1,694,937 | 22,001 |
| Kentucky | 1,631,144 | 17,459 |
| Alabama | 1,545,099 | 20,631 |
| Louisiana | 1,470,441 | 18,261 |
| Maryland | 1,284,176 | 15,690 |
| Oklahoma | 1,220,720 | 17,254 |
| Utah | 1,058,874 | 5,110 |
| Arkansas | 967,113 | 12,550 |
| Mississippi | 936,814 | 13,017 |
| Connecticut | 924,938 | 11,572 |
| Oregon | 920,718 | 8,824 |
| Kansas | 898,697 | 9,657 |
| Iowa | 870,897 | 10,276 |
| Nevada | 861,746 | 11,624 |
| New Mexico | 642,634 | 8,702 |
| West Virginia | 613,165 | 7,594 |
| Nebraska | 541,161 | 4,653 |
| Idaho | 504,770 | 5,251 |
| Rhode Island | 436,904 | 3,743 |
| Hawaii | 366,340 | 1,732 |
| New Hampshire | 360,483 | 2,806 |
| Montana | 318,089 | 3,595 |
| Delaware | 316,046 | 3,172 |
| Maine | 300,847 | 2,722 |
| Alaska | 299,471 | 1,436 |
| North Dakota | 276,274 | 2,232 |
| South Dakota | 267,689 | 3,096 |
| Wyoming | 180,426 | 1,931 |
| Washington | 171,317 | 1,403 |
| Vermont | 146,442 | 770 |
| Puerto Rico | 107,158 | 1,272 |
| Guam | 7,106 | 118 |
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