New cases of COVID-19 increase in Europe, fall in Brazil and the US.

PARIS – A spike in infections in Europe, a drop in Brazil and the United States – here’s a weekly recap of developments in the coronavirus crisis:

NEWER CASES

India, the United States and Brazil have again registered the highest number of new infections in the past seven days, averaging 87,493, 35,582 and 28,115 per day respectively, according to an AFP toll on Friday at 1100 GMT.

Argentina (10,428), Spain (9,375) and France (7,680) follow with the most new daily cases on average.

The number of confirmed cases only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections, as different countries have different counting practices and levels of testing.

LARGER DROPS

Even if they are among the countries where the number of new cases is highest, Brazil, with less than 30 percent, and the United States (-13 percent) are also those that report the greatest slowdown compared to the previous week.

Other countries with large falls are South Africa (-22 percent, 1,631) and Peru (-17 percent, 5,703).

GREATER INCREASES

Britain is the country where the number of infections is increasing the fastest, at 77 percent, or 2,532 new cases per day.

They are followed by Ecuador (59 percent more, or 1,322) and France (33 percent more, or 7,680) among the countries that have an average of more than 1,000 daily cases during the last week.

Israel follows with 31 percent or 2,888 cases, Italy (15 percent, 1,466), Germany (12 percent, 1,314) and Spain (11 percent, 9,375).

BY REGION

The number of cases is increasing in Europe as a whole, up 19 per cent compared to the previous week, and also in the Middle East (17 per cent) and Asia (11 per cent).

Other regions report a decline, with a drop of 43 percent in Oceania, 17 percent in Latin America, and 13 percent in North America.

Worldwide, an average of 264,957 new cases were registered daily, the same as the previous week.

DECEASED

India remains the country that regretted the highest number of deaths in the last seven days (7,686), followed by the United States (5,029) and Brazil (4,908). They are followed by Ecuador (4,101), Mexico (3,320) and Argentina (1,546).

France has recorded 145 deaths or a 19 percent increase compared to the previous week.

GLOBAL TOLL

The pandemic has killed at least 910,300 people worldwide since the end of December out of more than 28 million confirmed infections.

The United States has the highest number of deaths with 191,802, followed by Brazil with 129,522, India with 76,271, Mexico with 69,649 and Great Britain 41,608.