Record weekly Covid cases last week but deaths stable, says WHO

Commuters wearing masks walk past a cloth dyeing factory in Kolkata in India (Bikas Das/AP)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week, the highest weekly number of Covid-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began.

But the number of deaths was largely unchanged, at more than 50,000, it added.