WHO announces record daily covid infection in the world

At 20:04 (Moscow time) on January 12, it was known about 312,173,462 infected and 5,501,000 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic. During the day it was delivered 395,785 new diagnoses of COVID-19 and 7,735 virus-related deaths.

The last time the anti-record was set on January 6, when it became known about 2 618 130 cases.

Most of all new cases were detected in the USA - 61,332,277, followed by India - 36,070,510 and Brazil - 22,558,695.

Russia ranks fourth in the world in terms of deaths from coronavirus per day: 318,432 cases.

The day before, it was reported that, according to WHO, in the period from 3 to 9 January, the number of people infected with covid in the world increased by 55% and rose to the maximum, exceeding the mark of 15 million cases per week. At the same time, the mortality rate remained the same as a week earlier.