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Global COVID cases rise a bit; Delta variant in nearly 100 nations

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After falling for 8 weeks in a row, the world's weekly number of COVID cases increased slightly last week, as multiple countries battle surges, including those in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its latest situation report.As case decline stalls, deaths continue to dropThe case rise was slight, at 2.72%.

However, the number of weekly deaths continued to decline and is at its lowest point since November 2020.In two earlier surges, Africa's cases and deaths remained relatively low compared with other parts of the world.

However, the African region is now into its third wave, and both cases and deaths rose sharply last week—cases by 33% and deaths even higher, at 42%.

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