New coronavirus deaths reported worldwide plunged by 17% last week, while COVID-19 cases rose, reversing a trend of declining infections, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

In its weekly report on the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO said there were more than 11 million new cases across the six regions tracked by the U.N. health agency, about an 8% increase over the last week. There were 43,000 new deaths reported, which is fewer than the week before and continues a trend of declining deaths from the virus.

As of March 13, 2022, there have been over 455 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 6 million deaths reported globally, the WHO said.