BRASILIA (Reuters) -COVID-19 infections and deaths in the Americas are still increasing, but the rise in infections seems to be slowing down in places hit earliest by the Omicron variant, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Most of the 7 million new cases reported in the past week were in North America — some 4 million new infections — while Chile and Brazil posted record numbers of daily cases. Deaths have more than doubled in Cuba, the Bahamas and Antigua and Barbuda, the regional health agency said. PAHO said 63% of people across Latin America and the Caribbean …