Weekly COVID-19 cases hit record fuelled by Americas - WHO


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: Hospital staff watch Intensive Care Unit Nurse Merlin Pambuan, 66, walk out of the hospital where she spent 8 months with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center, in Long Beach, California, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

GENEVA (Reuters) - Weekly COVID-19 cases rose by the highest amount since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization said late on Tuesday, with the Americas accounting for half of them.

The data shows a continuation of the trend for rising cases this month as vaccination rollouts begin in some countries.

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