The World Health Organization (WHO) says it expects to see the number of cases of COVID-19 reach 10 million within the next week.
"More than 9.1 million cases of Covid-19 have now been reported to the WHO, and more than 470,000 deaths," the health body chief, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told reporters in Geneva.
"In the first month of this outbreak, less than 10,000 cases were reported. In the last month, almost four million cases have been reported.
"We expect to reach a total of 10 million cases within the next week."
He called it a "sober reminder" of our "urgent responsibility to do everything we can... to suppress transmission and save lives".
