WHO says confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths outside China exceed those inside

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-17 01:50:14|Editor: huaxia

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-SWITZERLAND-WHO-COVID-19-VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE

Photo taken in Brussels of Belgium on March 16, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking at a virtual press conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. More cases and deaths of COVID-19 have now been reported in the rest of the world than in China, the chief of the WHO said here on Monday, noting that a rapid escalation of the coronavirus cases has been seen in the past week. As of Monday morning, a total of more than 83,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported outside China, exceeding the cumulative number of infections in China, and over 6,400 patients have died of COVID-19 worldwide, according to WHO. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

 

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