According to him, at 08:01 Moscow time, the number of cases of coronavirus in the world reached 17,029,155. 667,011 people died with COVID-19.
Recovered for the entire period 9 948 163 people.
Earlier, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the pandemic is intensifying: over the past six weeks, the number of cases has almost doubled.
The organization estimates that people will not begin receiving the vaccine until the first half of 2021.