WHO: Number of COVID-19 cases across globe up by over 136,000 in past day
By Trend
More than 136,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on June 7, with the overall number of such cases nearing 6.8 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday, Trend reports citing TASS.
As of 11:00 Moscow time on June 7, as many as 6,799,713 novel coronavirus cases and 397,388 coronavirus-associated deaths were registered across the globe. The number of confirmed cases grew by 136,409 in the past 24 hours and the number of fatalities increased by 4,586.
The WHO statistics is based on officially confirmed data from the countries.
South and North America accounts for the majority of confirmed coronavirus cases - 3,234,875. In the past 24 hours, the number of cases grew by 79,505 and the number of deaths - by 3,227 and reached 179,394.
The number confirmed COVID-2019 cases in Europe amounts to 2,268,311 and the number of fatalities is 183,732. In the past 24 hours, the number of cases grew by 18,312 and the number of deaths - by 604.