Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 12 Nov 2021, 12:01 pm Print
Covid19 Washington, Nov 12 (UNI/Sputnik) The nearly 2 million cases of the coronavirus reported last week in Europe marked the highest increment in a single week in the region since the pandemic began in early 2020, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
"Almost 2 million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single week in that region since the pandemic started," Tedros told a virtual briefing.
Since early 2020, more than 251 million cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed globally, including over 5 million deaths, according to the latest data provided by the WHO. Of these infections, nearly 80 million infections were reported in Europe.
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