WHO records highest ever daily increase in global coronavirus cases prompting low-income country warning
'We are very concerned about the rising numbers of cases in low- and middle-income countries', WHO chief says
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Your support makes all the difference.As London reported no new cases of the virus across a 24-hour period, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded more than 100,000 new coronavirus infections in the space of 24 hours - a new global high.
Former epicentres of the virus like South Korea and Italy have continued to experience declining rates of infection - with London, once the worst affected region of the UK, confirming no new cases in major hospitals.
However, the spread of the infection has continued to grow at a global level - with two thirds of new cases being recorded in four countries - according to the WHO.
And case numbers have continued to rise in nations with less developed healthcare infrastructures.
“We still have a long way to go in this pandemic”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
“In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in a single day since the outbreak began.
“Almost two thirds of these cases were reported in just four countries”.
He added the organisation was “very concerned about the rising numbers of cases in low- and middle-income countries”.
Despite dwindling cases in the capital, the UK remains the fourth worst afflicted nation for number of cases with a total of 2,711 cases on 19 May.
Brazil and Russia reported the second and third highest number of cases respectively - with Moscow providing a figure of 7,938 and Brazilia reporting 9,263 new infections.
The US, which has the highest number of deaths and infections of any country, recorded 45,251 new instances of the virus.
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