LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only region in the world where cases increased.In its weekly assessment of the pandemic released late Tuesday, the U.N.
health agency said there were about 2.7 million new COVID-19 cases and more than 46,000 deaths last week worldwide, similar to the numbers reported the previous week.WHO said the two regions with the highest rates of COVID-19 incidence were Europe and the Americas.
Globally, the U.S. reported the biggest number of new cases, more than 580,000, which still represented a 11% decline.Britain, Russia and Turkey accounted for the most cases in Europe.A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World.