Source: New York Post
More On: Coronavirus Poverty in Brazil triples to 27 million due to pandemic Rangers get day off as players get COVID-19 vaccines Greece to reopen schools by using self-test kits for COVID AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine trial on kids halted amid blood-clot concerns The number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide is on the rise — climbing by 11 percent compared to the previous week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. More than 71,000 people died from the virus in a week-long period that ended on Monday, according to the UN agency. Every region recorded an increase in deaths except for Africa, which had a 20 percent decrease compared to the previous week, the organization said.
