Covid-19: World Health Organisation reveals 11 million new cases in a week

The number of Covid deaths globally has been dropping for the past three weeks

The World Health Organisation said the number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week but Covid-19 infections rose (Altaf Qadri/AP)

The number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week but Covid-19 infections rose, reversing a decline in cases that first began in January, according to the World Health Organisation.

In the UN health agency’s weekly report on the pandemic issued late on Tuesday, the WHO said there were more than 11 million new Covid infections last week – about an 8% rise – and 43,000 new deaths.