Number of COVID-19 cases worldwide exceeds 340 million, says WHO
22 January 2022
The overall number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 340 million, while the number of fatalities has topped 5.57 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said late on Friday, APA reports citing TASS.
As of 19:55 Moscow time on January 21, as many as 340,543,962 novel coronavirus cases and 5,570,163 coronavirus-associated deaths were registered across the globe. The number of confirmed cases grew by 3,472,227 over the past day and the number of fatalities increased by 9,184.
The biggest number of new cases registered worldwide in one day since the start of the pandemic was reported on January 20, when information about 3,933,319 COVID-19 cases was submitted to the WHO within 24 hours. The WHO statistics is based on officially confirmed data from the countries.
The threshold of 300 million cases was crossed on January 8, of 250 million - on November 9, of 200 million - on August 5.
https://apa.az/en/social/number-of-covid-19-cases-worldwide-exceeds-340-million-says-who-366530
As of 19:55 Moscow time on January 21, as many as 340,543,962 novel coronavirus cases and 5,570,163 coronavirus-associated deaths were registered across the globe. The number of confirmed cases grew by 3,472,227 over the past day and the number of fatalities increased by 9,184.
The biggest number of new cases registered worldwide in one day since the start of the pandemic was reported on January 20, when information about 3,933,319 COVID-19 cases was submitted to the WHO within 24 hours. The WHO statistics is based on officially confirmed data from the countries.
The threshold of 300 million cases was crossed on January 8, of 250 million - on November 9, of 200 million - on August 5.
https://apa.az/en/social/number-of-covid-19-cases-worldwide-exceeds-340-million-says-who-366530