Story Coronavirus pandemic of a new type that spread from China
The number of officially registered deaths due to coronavirus in the world exceeded 6.5 million, and the number of infected — 608 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.
It is noted that in a day (as of Friday evening, September 16), the number of infections increased by almost 500 thousand, and deaths — by more than 1.7 thousand.
Most of all confirmed cases of the disease have been registered in the USA — over 94.2 million followed by India, Brazil, France and Germany. In terms of the number of deaths, the States are also in the first place — more than 1 million. Next on the list: Brazil, India, Russia and Mexico.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said earlier that the death rate from COVID-19 in the world fell to the lowest level since March 2020.
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According to Konstantin Chernov, Development Director of the Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immunobiological Preparations named after M.P. Chumakov, the origin of the coronavirus may remain a mystery.
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