World Health Organisation says the number of coronavirus deaths globally jumped by 21 per cent in the last week.

Most of the 69,000 deaths were reported in the Americas and Southeast Asia. The UN health agency also noted that Covid-19 cases rose by 8 per cent worldwide and that there are now nearly 194 million infections.

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The United National health agency said the number of total global cases reported could rise above 200 million in the next two weeks “if these trends continue.”

The organization also reported that the number of COVID-19 deaths rose in all regions of the world except for Europe.

The surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths comes as the highly infectious Delta strand continues to spread across the globe.