The number of people infected with the new type of coronavirus could reach 21 million this week. In addition, the number of victims of COVID-19 will be 800,000.
The statement came from Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), at a briefing in Geneva, Qadin.Net reports. He said the situation had reached an extremely critical level. Calling on the population of all countries to prevent the spread of the new infection, the WHO official called the results of the fight against the coronavirus a "seed of hope."
The WHO declared a coronavirus pandemic on March 11.
The highest number of infections is in the United States, with more than 5 million cases so far, with Brazil in second place with more than 3 million. The number of infected people in India has already exceeded 2 million.