WHO sounds fresh alarm, reports ‘sharp’ increase in global COVID-19 deaths between July 19-25

Sounding an alarm, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a “sharp” jump was reported in the number of the global COVID-19 deaths in the week between July 19-25.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the world health body said that with over 69,000 fatalities, the number of COVID-19 deaths reported during the period increased by 21 per cent week-on-week.

Most of the new deaths were reported from the Americas and South-East Asia Regions, the WHO said in its report. Meanwhile, the global number of new COVID-19 cases also increased, with 3.8 million new infections confirmed in the above-mentioned week.

The number of new cases rose by 8 per cent compared with the previous week, which was largely attributed to substantial increases in the Americas and the Western Pacific Regions, the WHO report added.

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