Global Covid Numbers Accelerate; 16 Olympics Cases: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago (Bloomberg) -- Covid infections globally increased the most in two months as the spread of the delta variant, a surge across the U.S., and low levels of vaccination in most Southeast Asian nations led to higher numbers. More than 3.729 million people were infected around the world in the week ended July 25, led primarily by six countries -- the U.S., Brazil, Indonesia, U.K., India and Spain -- according to data compiled by Bloomberg and Johns Hopkins University. The number of cases in the U.S. surged by 62% over the previous week. However, fatalities have stayed relatively low in the U.S., U.K. and Spain due to high vaccine coverage, while deaths are soaring in India, Brazil and Indonesia.