Last week, there were more than 3.1 million new cases globally, a 17 percent decline from the previous week<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New COVID-19 cases worldwide fell for the fourth week in a row, and the number of deaths from the disease decreased for the second straight week, the World Health Organization said in its weekly epidemiological update.<\/p>\n
Last week, there were more than 3.1 million new cases globally, a 17 percent decline from the previous week and the lowest number since last October. There were 88,000 COVID-19 deaths globally last week, which was 10 percent lower than the previous week, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n
The agency said the United States had the highest number of new cases, with 871,365, but noted that this was a 19 percent decline in cases from the previous week. Africa had the largest decline in cases last week (22 percent), while the Eastern Mediterranean had the smallest (2 percent).<\/p>\n
“Although there are still many countries with increasing numbers of cases, at the global level, [the decline] is encouraging,” the agency said in the weekly update.<\/p>\n