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World Health Organisation says the number of coronavirus deaths globally jumped by 21 per cent in the last week.</p>
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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.</p>
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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 &ldquo;if these trends continue.&rdquo;</p>
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The organization also reported that the number of COVID-19 deaths rose in all regions of the world except for Europe.</p>
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The surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths comes as the highly infectious Delta strand continues to spread across the globe.</p>
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