The global surge in COVID-19 cases slowed a bit last week for the first time in months, though deaths from the virus continued a steady rise, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its latest weekly situation report.Led mainly by continued levels in the Americas and Europe, the pandemic total topped 60 million cases today.Mixed picture across globeThough acceleration slowed, the world still added about 4 million cases last week, and officials recorded 67,000 more deaths, the WHO said.
The decline in cases came many from Europe and Southeast Asia, though Europe still reported the largest portion of cases and deaths over the past week.