COVID-19 cases, deaths falling globally, WHO says

The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere except the Middle East and Southeast Asia last week, according to a World Health Organization weekly report released Wednesday.

In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the UN health agency said confirmed cases dropped 12 per cent to more than three million and reported deaths declined 22 per cent to about 7,600.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the continuing decline of COVID-19,…