WHO reports record single-day surge in global COVID-19 cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday reported 212,326 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since COVID-19 broke out.
The biggest increase was reported in the Americas region with 129,772 new cases, said the WHO, adding that nearly half of the new cases were recorded in the United States and Brazil, with 53,213 and 48,105 new infections, respectively.
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The Southeast Asia region recorded the second largest surge with 27,947 new cases and 534 deaths over the past 24 hours, it added.
The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0500 GMT, July 5.
- World 11,267,309
- U.S. 2,839,436
- Brazil 1,577,004
- Russia 673,564
- India 673,165
- Peru 299,080
- Chile 291,847
- Britain 286,412
- Mexico 252,165
- Spain 250,545
- China 85,306
