According to statistics on the organization's special website, more than 26.468 million cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the world to date.
The number of deaths of patients with COVID-19 exceeded 871 thousand
Most cases are currently recorded in the Region of the Americas - 13.856 million people.
Earlier, WHO assessed the likelihood of a new self-isolation in connection with the pandemic.
Senior researcher at the Russian Scientific and Methodological Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, epidemiologist Oleg Yurin, in an interview with the NSN, assessed the situation with the spread of coronavirus.