WHO's Tedros Says Just 4 Countries Account For 70% Of Global COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

WHO's Tedros Says Just 4 Countries Account for 70% of Global COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

Just four acountries account for about 70 perscent of coronavirus cases and deaths globally, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th November, 2020) Just four acountries account for about 70 perscent of coronavirus cases and deaths globally, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

"COVID-19 is an uneven pandemic. All countries have been affected, but not all countries have been affected equally. Seventy percent of cases and deaths are in just four countries," Tedros said at a briefing.

The United States, India, Brazil and France lead in the number of registered cases, while the largest number of coronavirus-related deaths was observed in the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University.