New Global Coronavirus Cases Nearly Double In 2 Months

Around the world, "covid-19 cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing Friday.

The number of new coronavirus cases around the globe has almost doubled over the past two months, an alarming increase that the World Health Organization said Friday was nearing the pandemic's peak infection rate. Around the world, "covid-19 cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing Friday. "This is approaching the highest rate of infection that we have seen so far during the pandemic," he said. "Some countries that had previously avoided widespread covid-19 transmission are now seeing steep increases in infections." Case numbers have spiked in nearly all regions, with larger outbreaks gripping Brazil, India, Poland, Turkey and some other countries. In the seven days ending April 11, global cases rose by 11 percent compared to the previous week, according to the WHO.