As indicated on the WHO website, 423 819 cases of coronavirus were detected in the world per day.
RIA Novosti agency indicates that before this record 412,889 cases became on October 17.
In total, 41.104 million cases of coronavirus have been identified in the world to date, and 1.128 million people have become victims of COVID-19.
Most patients were identified in the Region of the Americas - 19.040 million.
Earlier, the chief scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sumya Swaminathan said that an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in the world could be followed by an increase in mortality in a few weeks.