covid cases in the past week in the South East Asia region and the second-highest number of cases globally after the United States.
South-East Asi reported a 9% increase in new cases as compared to the previous week (over 841,000 cases). The highest number of new cases were reported from India with 283,923 new cases translating into 20.6 new cases per 100,000 individuals, showed World Health Organization’s weekly epidemiological update on covid-19. “At the country level, the highest numbers of new cases in the past week were reported by the United States of America (543,420 new cases; 9% increase), India (283,923 new cases; 7% increase) and Indonesia (273,891 new cases; 5% decrease)," the WHO update showed.