'Cases have now increased for the ninth straight week' said the Director General of the WHO, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify around the globe. Video / AP'Cases have now increased for the ninth straight week' said the Director General of the WHO, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify around the globe. "All the arrows are pointing to real darkness," University of Michigan epidemiologist and biostatician, Bhramer Mukherjee, told the Atlantic. Health professionals have accused India's Government of hiding the true number of Covid deaths across the country. Applying this to India's latest figures raises the estimated total infections for the country to 529 million cases, more than half a billion infections.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 27, 2021 19:23 UTC