WHO reports one-day surge in coronavirus cases by over 284,000
A lot more than 284,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, exceeding 19.18 million, as the coronavirus-related fatalities increased by over 6,000 to surpass 716,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Saturday.
As of 11.00 Moscow time on August 8, as many as 19,187,943 novel coronavirus cases and 716,075 coronavirus-associated deaths were registered around the world. The quantity of confirmed cases grew by 284,441 in the past 24 hours and the amount of fatalities increased by 6,565.
Your day before, 278,291 new cases and 6,815 fatalities were documented across the world. The WHO statistics derive from officially confirmed data supplied by countries.
South and THE UNITED STATES account for the majority of confirmed coronavirus cases - 10,290,444. Previously 24 hours, the amount of cases grew by 155,122 and the amount of deaths - by 4,288 to top 380,894. The quantity of confirmed COVID-2019 cases in Europe amounts to 3,545,395 and the amount of fatalities is 216,097. During the past 24 hours, the quantity of cases grew, by 31,409 and the amount of deaths went up by 458.
South East Asia is ranked third with 2,496,001 cases and 51,608 fatalities. Previously 24 hours, the quantity of cases grew by 67,417 and the number of deaths - by 1,037.
The largest number of coronavirus cases is registered in the usa (4,836,930), accompanied by Brazil (2,912,212), India (2,088,611), Russia (882,347), South Africa (545,476), Mexico (462,690), Peru (455,409), Chile (368,825), Colombia (357,710) and Iran (322,567).
In late December 2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the location of Wuhan, in central China. Since that time, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO - have already been reported in every corner of the world, including Russia.
On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
