In its weekly snapshot of the pandemic yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said cases and deaths continue to drop, mainly driven by steep declines in the two highest-burden countries, the United States and the United Kingdom.Also, the B117 virus variant has now been detected in 94 countries spanning all six WHO regions, with local transmission occurring in 47.Hot spots remain in Iran, parts of the AmericasThe WHO said cases fell 16% last week compared with the previous week, with death declining by 10% over the same period.
The five countries with the highest totals are the United States, Brazil, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom Of those, Britain had the largest decline, with a 27% decrease, and the United States was next,