More than 200,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally, among which over 8,000 people have lost their lives, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said here Wednesday.

Eighty percent of all cases worldwide were reported in two regions — the Western Pacific region and the European region, noted Tedros.

He stressed there are many things all countries can do although different countries and communities are in different situations, with different levels of COVID-19 transmission.

“That same spirit of solidarity must be at the center of our efforts to defeat COVID-19,” said Tedros.

COVID-19 cases in U.S. top 7,000: Johns Hopkins University

 
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has topped 7,000 by 1 p.m. local time Wednesday (1700 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
 
The fresh figure reached 7,324 with 115 deaths, the CSSE said.

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