Geneva: Despite a 33 per cent decrease, India continued to report the highest numbers of new cases globally with 914 539 new cases in the past week ending June 8, 2021, the World Health Organisation stated today. India was followed by Brazil (449 478 new cases; 7% increase), Argentina (212 975 new cases; 3% decrease), Colombia (175 479 new cases; 17% increase), and the United States of America (99 103 new cases; 35% decrease).
The numbers of new deaths too were reported from India (20 787 new deaths; 1.5 new deaths per 100 000; a 22% decrease) last week, followed by Brazil (11 797 new deaths; 5.5 new deaths per 100 000; a 7% decrease), Mexico (5496 new deaths; 4.3 new deaths per 100 000; a 203% increase), and Argentina (3718 new deaths; 8.2 new deaths per 100 000; a 13% increase).
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Meanwhile, global case and death incidences continued to decrease with over 3 million new weekly cases and over 73 000 new deaths, a 15% and an 8% decrease respectively, compared to the previous week.
The WHO also released the following tables on SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) as of 8 June 2021, and phenotypic impacts* of Variants of Concern:
