Almost half of new Covid-19 cases worldwide in previous week were recorded in Europe 

A worker at the Dundalk Stadium Covid-19 drive through test centre prepares to give a PCR test.

Europe remains the region worst hit by Covid-19, with the highest number of deaths despite falling case numbers in some countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

The organisation issued its latest update as Ireland reported 6,843 new PCR-confirmed cases, and a further 5,295 antigen cases of the virus.