In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were about 3.8 million new infections and more than 15,000 deaths last week, a 17% and 3% drop on the week respectively. But those figures are believed to be a significant underestimate of COVID-19's true toll as increasing numbers of countries abandon widespread testing and surveillance.
Muri raporo y’icyumweru ivuga ku cyorezo, ikigo cy’ubuzima cya Leta zunze ubumwe z’Amerika cyavuze ko mu cyumweru gishize hari abantu bashya bagera kuri miliyoni 3.8 n’impfu zirenga 15.000, icyumweru 17% na 3% bikagabanuka. Ariko iyo mibare ngo ni ugusuzugura cyane umubare wa COVID-19 kuko umubare w’ibihugu ugenda ureka kwipimisha no kugenzura.