India logs 13 per cent fall in new Covid-19 cases in week, still highest globally: WHO

India registered a 13 per cent decrease in new Covid-19 cases in the past week but the number of fresh infections was still the highest around the world, the WHO has said.

India registered a 13 per cent decrease in new Covid-19 cases in the past week but the number of fresh infections was still the highest around the world, the WHO has said. The number of new cases and deaths continued to decrease with just over 4.8 million new cases and just under 86,000 new deaths reported globally in the past week, a 12 per cent and five per cent decrease respectively compared to the previous week, according to the Covid-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update Data received by the World Health Organization from national authorities as of May 16. It said that the highest number of new cases were reported from India (2,387,663 new cases), a 13 per cent decrease over the previous week.