GLOBAL COVID-19 DEATHS DECLINE 12% IN PAST WEEK

Coronavirus deaths and cases are stabilizing throughout the world with the exception of India where nearly 27,000 people have died and 2.7 million more become became infected, Allen Cone reported for United Press International (UPI).

Since the pandemic outbreak began in late 2019 in Mainland China, the pandemic has killed 3,390,666 with 163,610,756 cases so far Sunday, according to tracking by Worldometers.info. Through Saturday, deaths have declined 12% in one week and cases 4%.

India has risen to third in the world with 270,284 fatalities, including 4,077 Sunday, which is lower than the record 4,200 last week. Only two other nations have reported more than that in one day, the United States 4,474 and Brazil with 4,211. The United States previously held the infection record with 299,786.

Among nations in the top 10 for most deaths, increases have only been posted in India with 4%, Colombia with 9%, and Russia with 1%. Like India, the outbreak has been surging in Colombia, which entered the top 10 for the first time, displacing Spain, with 80,780, including 530, Saturday, only behind India and Brazil.

The United States, which has the most deaths with 585,944, dropped 9% through Saturday. Brazil is second with 434,852, declining 10%. The cases surge in India is diminishing with a 13% decline in the past week. On Sunday, the Asian nation reported 311,170 infections compared with a record 414,188 on May 7. Its total is 24,684,077, which is second behind the US with 32,924,567 cases.

The US dropped 24% in one week.

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