The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a post on its official Facebook page, confirmed global decline in Covid-19 cases and fatalities.
According to the global health body, the Omicron variant has been responsible for the recent rise in the number of hospitalisations and deaths.
The WHO noted that though there’s a decline in global infections, it is “far too early to declare victory” over the pandemic.
The confirmation of global reduction in confirmed cases by the World Health Organisation comes after Nigeria reported only two cases on Monday, making it the lowest daily infections since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic 2020.
It is the first time the global organisation will confirm a reduction in infections since the declaration of the 4th wave of the pandemic in 2021.
In a video, the director-general of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said some countries are experiencing a decline in infections and fatalities, and have been able to ease restrictions with low rates of hospitalisation.
Speaking further, the WHO boss said it might be too early to declare victory over COVID-19, saying there are still many countries with high rates of hospitalisation and low rates of vaccine coverage and design transmission.
He added that the threat of a new and more dangerous variant remains very real, urging all countries to exercise caution.
Ghebreyesus also re-emphasized that the only sustainable way out of the pandemic is to reach high vaccine coverage in all countries.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its update late Monday night said Nigeria’s fatality toll remains at 3,142 while the infection toll now stands at 254,659.
The breakdown of the latest cases shows that Kaduna State in the North-west and Rivers State in the South-south reported a single case each.
