Over the past day, a record number of people infected with coronavirus have been registered in the world. Revealed 747 082 cases of infection, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Saturday, November 28, reports RIA Novosti .
Most of the cases of COVID-19 were recorded per day in North and South America (more than 405 thousand) and in Europe (more than 236 thousand). The total number of infected during the entire pandemic reached 61.2 million. More than 1.4 million deaths were recorded.
Michael Ryan, Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program earlier said the assumption that the coronavirus began to spread around the world after the infection of several zero patients. He added that there is no doubt about the natural origin of the virus. However, the version of the first transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from a bat has not yet been proven.