- The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
- Deaths jumped by more than 183% in Africa but fell by nearly a third in Europe and by 15% in the Americas.
- Officials had grappled with daunting problems, including classroom shortages, lingering COVID-19 fears, an approaching storm and quake-damaged school buildings in the country’s north, to welcome back nearly 28 million students who enrolled for the school year.
WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%; cases fall nearly everywhere
