New Delhi: Indonesia has transferred Brazil as the country currently recorded the number of highest fresh Covid-19 cases in the world while India has fallen to fourth place after being followed by Britain.
Indonesia reported 3.24 lakh cases in the last seven days ended Friday, a 43% increase over the previous week.
Brazil’s count reached 2.87 lakh, with England close at 2.75 lakh, according to the worldometer.info website that tracks the number of global covid.
Indian numbers have fallen a little faster this week than the last.
It reported 2.69 lakh new cases in the last seven days, a decline of 8% over seven days earlier.
Globally, cases jumped by 16% in the past week, raising fears that the world could be in the third wave of pandemic.
In addition to several countries in Europe, this virus spreads quickly closer in Southeast Asia.
Apart from a surge in 43% in Indonesia, Malaysia recorded a 45% increase in the last seven days, Thailand 38%, Myanmar 48% and Vietnam 130%.
In India, new cases on Saturday crossed 40,000 for the second time this week when infections surged in Kerala and Manipur, in particular.
India recorded 41,246 new cases, up from 38,019 on Friday.
Kerala reported 16,148 new cases, the highest daily calculation in the state in 38 days.
In Manipur, cases jumped to the highest time of 1,171.
At the age of 513, the death of the virus in the country continues to glide gradually.
The highest daily toll road this week (Monday to Sunday) is 626 compared to 703 weeks ago.