GENEVA, March 24 — More than 300,000 cases of Covid-19 have now been reported from almost every country in the world, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, noting “the pandemic is accelerating.”
It took 67 days from the first reported case of Covid-19 to reach the first 100,000 cases, while the second and the third 100,000 cases were reported just within 11 days and 4 days respectively, he said.
Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying this at a daily briefing.
— Bernama
