Coronavirus worldwide

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO reports all-time high of 4.6 million coronavirus cases registered in one week

The majority of those cases were registered in North and South America – more than 2.3 million

Gravediggers carry the coffin of Avelino Fernandes Filho, 74, who passed away from the coronavirus disease, during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters
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Global Covid-19 cases surpass 75 million

Healthcare personnel discharge a patient who had been quarantining after a possible exposure to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a hospital in Lakin, Kansas, US, November 19, 2020. Picture taken November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
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Global Covid-19 cases top 67m

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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WHO registers record high of over 505,000 new Covid-19 cases in one day

Mourners attend a funeral amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2020/ Reuters
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10 most Covid-19 affected countries

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Gravediggers carry the coffin of Avelino Fernandes Filho, 74, who passed away from the coronavirus disease, during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters
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Global daily virus cases top 400,000

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO says new daily coronavirus cases hit record high of over 350,000

A worker in a vaccine production facility. Due to the costly steps needed, poor countries could find it difficult to finance a coronavirus vaccine production. Photo: Collected
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Yet another vaccine challenge: Taking them to everyone

A health worker and relatives wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry the body of a man, who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), for his cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India August 17, 2020/ Reuters
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Global coronavirus deaths hit 900,000 as cases surge in India

Gravediggers carry the coffin of Antonia Rodrigues during her funeral who passed away from the coronavirus disease, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters
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Global Covid-19 cases tops 26mn

Mourners attend a funeral amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2020/ Reuters
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Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the Covid-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via Reuters
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WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 284,000