PARIS, March 19 — The number of new cases of Covid-19 continued to rise around the world again this week, but remained far from the record level struck in early January, according to AFP data. Here is the state of play worldwide: Cases increase 14 per cent The number of new cases increased...
A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab sample from a middle school student during a testing following a recent coronavirus disease outbreak in Xingtai, Hebei province January 6, 2021. — China Daily pic via ReutersPARIS, March 19 — The number of new cases of Covid-19 continued to rise around the world again this week, but remained far from the record level struck in early January, according to AFP data.
Despite the increase over the past weeks, the number of infections is still far from the record of 743,600 new cases in the week of January 5-11. The number of new cases spiralled in Oceania by 75 per cent due to an upsurge in Papua New Guinea. Covid-19 is largely absent from the rest of the region.On a country level, Bangladesh is the country where the epidemic is picking up most speed, with 92 per cent more new cases, or 1,500 per day, among nations that recorded more than 1,000 daily cases over the past week. Steepest falls
The other countries recording the biggest drops are the United Arab Emirates , Malaysia , Mexico and Kuwait .Brazil recorded both the most new cases and deaths this week with 71,900 new infections, a four per cent increase, and 2,087 deaths per day.