"The total number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 is now increasing for the first time in two months," TASS quoted him as saying at a briefing in Geneva.
Gebreyesus noted that the current rise in cases of infection in Europe exceeds the decline in other regions.
“This is another reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over,” he concluded.
Earlier, the WHO said that in the world in the week from October 18 to October 24, more than 2.9 million people fell ill with coronavirus, this figure is 4% higher than last week's data.