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GENEVA (REUTERS) – The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday (October 8) a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases, with a total increase of 338,779 in 24 hours led by an increase in infections. in Europe.
Europe reported 96,996 new cases, the highest total for the region ever recorded by WHO.
Global deaths increased by 5,514 to a total of 1.05 million.
The previous WHO record for new cases was 330,340 on October 2.
The agency reported a record 12,393 deaths on April 17.
As a region, Europe now reports more cases than India, Brazil or the United States.
India reported 78,524 new cases, followed by Brazil with 41,906 and the United States with 38,904 new infections, according to the WHO, whose data is behind the daily reports of each country.
According to a Reuters analysis of data from more recent countries, Covid-19 infections are on the rise in 54 countries, including surges in Argentina, Canada and much of Europe.
Infections in the UK have reached record levels with more than 17,000 new cases reported on Thursday.
“We are seeing a definite and sustained increase in cases and hospital admissions. The trend is clear and it is very concerning,” said Dr Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director of Public Health England.
Daily new Covid-19 infections in France remained above the record threshold of 18,000 per second day on Thursday and new measures are expected to curb the outbreak.
The average number of new infections reported in Belgium has risen for seven days in a row and Germany on Thursday reported its biggest daily increase in new cases since April.
While India continues to lead the world in most new cases reported per day, new infections are down 20% from their peak.
In the United States, which has the highest total number of cases and deaths in the world, new infections are on the rise along with the most hospitalized Covid-19 patients since early September.
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