The Americas remains the hardest-hit region, accounting for half of newly reported cases and 62% of deaths worldwide in the past week.
GENEVA - The COVID-19 pandemic is still expanding, but the rise in cases and deaths has slowed globally, except for southeast Asia and the eastern Mediterranean regions, the World Health Organization said.
More than 23.65 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 811,895 have died, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday. Southeast Asia, the second most affected region, reported a jump accounting for 28% of new cases and 15% of deaths, it said. India continues to report the majority of cases, but the virus is also spreading rapidly in Nepal.
The number of cases and deaths reported across Africa decreased by 8% and 11% respectively in the past week,"primarily due to a decrease in cases reported in Algeria, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal and South Africa", it said.
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