 A highly contagious coronavirus variant has been detected in 92 countries. It's called the Delta variant and it's the fastest and fittest COVID-19 strain so far. The World Health Organization says the news slows the declining trend of global new cases after eight consecutive weeks. The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases across the world reached 178 million on June 21, 3.865 million deaths. The rate of decline in most regions has slowed and every region has countries that are seeing a rapid increase in cases and deaths. In Africa the number of cases and deaths increased by almost 40% in the past week and in some countries the number of deaths tripled or quadrupled. Do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.