WHO reports record increase in COVID-19 cases in a single day
July 13, 2020
According to the World Health Organisation, 230,370 people contracted the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, making it the most number of infections reported in a single day.
The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. The previous WHO record for new cases was 228,102 on July 10. Deaths remained steady at about 5,000 a day.
Global coronavirus cases were approaching 13 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than 565,000 people in seven months.
