WHO: Number of COVID-2019 cases across globe up by over 203,000 in past day
By Trend
More than 203,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on July 5, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 11.1 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday, Trend reports citing TASS.
As of 12:00 (GMT+4) on July 5, as many as 11,125,245 novel coronavirus cases and 528,204 coronavirus-associated deaths were registered across the globe. The number of confirmed cases grew by 203,836 in the past 24 hours and the number of fatalities increased by 5,195.
The WHO statistics is based on officially confirmed data from the countries.
South and North America accounts for the majority of confirmed coronavirus cases - 5,697,954. In the past 24 hours, the number of cases grew by 122,472 and the number of deaths - by 3,444 and reached 262,538.
The number confirmed COVID-2019 cases in Europe amounts to 2,774,221 and the number of fatalities is 199,879. In the past 24 hours, the number of cases grew by 16,665 and the number of deaths - by 369.