The death toll from coronavirus has more than doubled worldwide. The World Health Organization, which anticipates the mark of millions of cases and 50,000 deaths in the coming days, is concerned about this "rapid escalation".

The World Health Organization (WHO) alerted Wednesday on the "quasi-exponential" progression of the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, while the number of deaths has more than doubled in one week.

"I am deeply concerned about the rapid escalation and global spread of infections. The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week. In the coming days, we will reach 1 million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths," said said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a virtual press conference from Geneva.