Over 100,000 new coronavirus cases recorded in last 24 hours: WHO

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Geneva - Two-thirds of those cases came from just four countries.

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Published: Thu 21 May 2020, 7:30 AM

Last updated: Thu 21 May 2020, 9:32 AM

Highlighting its continuing peril around the world even as its spread slows in some areas of Asia and Europe and lockdown restrictions are eased, coronavirus has infected 106,000 people in the last 24 hours - the largest number of cases since its outbreak, the WHO said on Wednesday.

Revealing the alarming numbers at his daily briefing, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that two-thirds of those cases came from just four countries, the BBC reported.

The US currently has the most cases, with 1.5m, followed by Russia, Brazil and the UK.


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