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PARIS/HANOI, March 5, 2022 (AFP): The Covid-19 pandemic continued its retreat around the world this week, but infections were still raging in hotspots in Asia and Oceania, led by Vietnam, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Here is the state of play based on AFP's database: - 12 percent fall - The average number of global daily cases dropped for the fifth week in a row, shrinking by 12 percent to 1.47 million, according to an AFP tally to Thursday. Daily infections have fallen by half since peaking at 3.37 million in late January with the highly contagious Omicron variant. The...
