WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%. The U.N. health agency reported in its latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday that there were just under 4.2 million new infections last week and about 13,700 deaths, a 5% drop. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that even though the number of weekly reported deaths have plummeted more than 80% since February, one person still dies with COVID-19 every 44 seconds and that most of those deaths are avoidable.