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Fatalities from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 rose 5% in Europe in the latest week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, making it the only part of the world where deaths are rising instead of stabilizing or declining.
In its weekly epidemiological update, the agency said global just under 50,000 new deaths were reported in the week through Nov. 14. But cases rose 6% globally and were higher in the Americas, Europe and the Western Pacific regions, while other regions were stable or lower.
Europe’s…
