For the fourth week in a row, the number of new cases of Covid-19 reported worldwide has declined, according to data from the World Health Organization.
In its weekly epidemiological update, WHO says more than 3.1 million new cases of Covid-19 were reported last week, down 17% from the previous week.
This is the lowest number of cases worldwide since the last week of October, about 15 weeks ago.
The United States reported the largest number of new Covid-19 cases, with 871,365. However, this figure is a 19% decrease in cases from the previous week. Brazil, France, Russia and the United Kingdom were also among the countries reporting the largest number of new cases worldwide, the WHO noted.
Out of all the regions, Africa saw the largest decline in cases (22%), compared to the previous week’s WHO update, while the Eastern Mediterranean the smallest (2%) saw.
The number of new deaths reported worldwide fell for the second week in a row, with 88,000 new deaths reported last week, a 10% drop on the previous week.
Overall, new issues introduced America making up more than half of the new cases worldwide, with more than 1.5 million new cases and more than 45,000 new deaths.
Globally, at least 105.4 million Covid-19 cases and 2.3 million deaths have occurred since the outbreak of the pandemic.
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