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Jakarta, Jul 21 (EFE/EPA).-The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases reported globally could exceed 200 million in the next three weeks with the virus surging in countries like Indonesia. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE.SHOT LIST: COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE, PEOPLE QUEUING UP TO GET OXYGEN REFILLS, A COVID-19 BURIAL AND POLICE CHECK POINTS AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN VARIOUS CITIES OF INDONESIA.
The United States passed nine million reported coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, as infections spike days before the nation chooses its next president. IMAGES
A coronavirus testing centre in Delhi is busy as India reported that the number of virus cases in the country had passed six million. The pandemic is raging across the vast South Asian nation, with 6.1 million infections according to the health ministry and on course to pass the United States in the coming weeks as the country with the most cases. IMAGES
The number of new coronavirus cases for the past week has "exceeded 160,000 on every single day," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says at a virtual briefing, while reiterating that taking a "comprehensive approach" is the best way to rein in the virus. SOUNDBITE of a WHO virtual press conference
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States surpasses more than 2.5 million according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University. There were 2,500,419 confirmed cases in the US, according to the Baltimore-based university as of 5:30 pm (2130 GMT). ANIMATED GRAPHIC
The number of novel coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has surpassed four million on Saturday, according to an AFP tally based on official sources, as of 2145 GMT. VIDEOGRAPHIC