The World Health Organization announced that the number of coronavirus cases reported worldwide reached a single-day high, with more than 350,000 cases recorded across all countries on Friday alone.
The highest number of new cases reported in a single day was reached earlier this week before Friday’s number beat the record by more than 12,000 cases, The Associated Press reported.
“The majority of people in the world are still susceptible to this disease,” WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said Friday during a news conference. He added that “there are no new answers" about the virus.
According to Ryan, who said the WHO believes more people have contracted the virus than have been reported, the agency estimates that one in every 10 people has been infected with COVID-19.
Across the U.S., 21 states have reported peak numbers of new cases in single day in the first two weeks of October. That’s compared to all other days since the beginning of the pandemic.
Those states are as follows:
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
In total, nearly 37 million coronavirus cases have been reported globally.
The U.S. leads, with almost 7.7 million cases since the onset of the pandemic. Second is India, with almost 7 million COVID-19 cases and third is Brazil, with 5 million cases reported.
More than 1 million people have died worldwide.
Cox Media Group
