World Health Organisation, WHO has said that the number of COVID-19 infections reported weekly across the globe has increased for the first time since the end of January.
The Informant247 Nigeria News gathered that in the second week of March, reported infections were eight percent higher than in the preceding week.
It was revealed that more than 11 million new coronavirus cases and 43,000 deaths from or with COVID-19 were counted between March 7 to 13.
According to reports, the climbing case numbers were noted particularly in the western Pacific and Africa regions compared to the previous week, with increases of 29 percent and 12 percent respectively. In Europe, there was a weekly increase of two percent.
Meanwhile, cases dropped in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and North and South America.
WHO stated that the total number of global coronavirus infections confirmed since the pandemic began has reached 455 million, while six million deaths have been reported.