3.4 million global COVID-19 cases reported last week, deaths and spread of variants on rise: WHO

The COVID-19 cases has seen a spike of nearly 12 per cent, while there has been a rise in death toll and spread of variants was rampant, the WHO said in a report.

New Delhi: After a steady decline last month, the number of novel coronavirus cases has risen sharply, there has been a spike of upto 12 per cent in the number of cases, while deaths and spread of variants was rampant, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report on Wednesday. The world health body in a weekly update said a total of 3.4 million new cases were reported during which approximately an average of 490,000 cases were identified each day, compared with 400,000 cases the week before. This confirms that the novel coronavirus is spreading faster in the world. As per WHO, the highest coronavirus infections in the past week were seen in Indonesia, Britain, Brazil, India and the US.