Over the past day, 6488 deaths associated with COVID-19 were recorded in the world.

The largest number of deaths was registered in the USA (156,050), Brazil (95,819), Mexico (48,869), Great Britain (46,364) and India (40,699).

Earlier, the number of COVID-19 cases in the world exceeded 18 million.

According to WHO representative Maria Van Kerkhove, less than 10% of the world's population has had coronavirus.

Doctor of Medical Sciences, virologist Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with the NSN, spoke about the options for the development of the situation with COVID-19.