WHO reports daily increase in coronavirus cases by over 73,000
By Trend
The number of new coronavirus cases has surged by more than 73,000 worldwide and more than 6,000 new deaths have been registered, according to a daily bulletin released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, Trend reports citing TASS.
That is the biggest daily increase in deaths so far, compared to Tuesday when 68,000 new cases and over 5,000 deaths caused by coronavirus were reported worldwide, WHO said.
According to the WHO statistics, a total of 1,353,361 coronavirus cases and 79,235 deaths have been confirmed globally as of 10am Geneva time on April 8. The number of cases has surged by 73,639 in last day, while the death toll has risen by 6,695.
Most coronavirus cases and deaths were reported in Europe — 720,219 and 57,369 respectively. Over the past day, the number of coronavirus cases there has risen by 33,881, while the death toll surged by 4,904.
The region of North and South Americas comes in second with a total of 417,416 cases and 12,597 deaths. The Western Pacific Region, which covers China, South Korea and Japan, is in the third place with 114,667 cases and 3,922 deaths, as of April 3.