Weekly Covid-19 Epidemiological Update, as of 12 October 2020
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication Date:
- 12 October 2020
- Tags:
- Africa, Coronavirus, International Organizations and Africa
Since the last Weekly Epidemiological Updateissued on 5 October, over 2.2 million new cases and 39,000 deaths of COVID-19 have been reported across all six WHO regions. This is the highest number of reported cases so far in a single week.
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