India leads global rise in new weekly COVID-19 cases, while deaths down: WHO

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India reported the most new COVID-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

FILE PHOTO: A health worker in personal protective equipment collects a sample using a swab from a person at a local health centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease , amid the spread of the disease, in New Delhi, India August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

The respiratory disease is also spreading in the Americas, which continues to account for more than half of reported cases and deaths worldwide, although there have been slight decreases in some areas, WHO said in its latest update.Spain, Russia, France, and Ukraine reported the highest number of new cases in Europe in the week to Aug. 30, with a resurgence in Spain matching peaks seen last March and April, the U.N. agency said. New cases in Italy jumped by 85%, it said.

In Africa, cases in Ethiopia reached “new highs”, while South Africa - which has the fifth most infections globally and the highest number on the vast continent - has continued a downward trend, it said.

 

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