A record-setting 5,236,922 new COVID-19 cases were registered over the past seven days globally, according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) data published on Tuesday. This beats the previous record for new cases in a week of 5.04 million, set the week of January 4, 2021, as cited by CNN.

Cases increased in all WHO regions except for Europe, which saw a 3 per cent decline in cases. The largest increase in cases occurred in the South-East Asia region, where cases count increased 57 per cent over the previous week.