10% of world's population may have been infected with coronavirus, WHO estimates [View all]
Source: LA Times
The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Monday that its “best estimates” indicate roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus — more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases — and warned of a difficult period ahead.
Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking to a special session of the WHO’s 34-member executive board focusing on COVID-19, said that the figures vary from urban to rural areas and between different groups, but that ultimately they show “the vast majority of the world remains at risk.” He said that the pandemic would continue to evolve but that tools exist to suppress transmission and save lives.
“Our current best estimates tell us that about 10% of the global population may have been infected by this virus,” Ryan said.
The estimate — which would amount to more than 760 million people based on a current world population of about 7.6 billion — is more than 20 times greater than the number of confirmed cases tallied by both the WHO and Johns Hopkins University. That tally is more than 35 million.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-10-05/10-percent-world-population-may-have-been-infected-coronavirus
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