WHO expert warns global COVID-19 death toll will rise amid new resurgence in cases
- 4 years ago
WHO "확진자증가 2주뒤 사망도 늘어…지금도 매일 5천명씩 숨져"
The WHO's chief scientist has warned that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases worldwide will be followed by a rising death toll,... that currently stands at 5-thousand every day.
Speaking during a WHO social media event on Wednesday,.... Dr. Soumya Swaminathan says "mortality increases always lag behind increasing cases by a couple of weeks",... signaling a spike in the death toll is on the cards.
She added that people shouldn't assume death rates are coming down.
According to a Reuters tally,... more than 38 million people have been infected,... and nearly 1-point-1 million have died.
The WHO's chief scientist has warned that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases worldwide will be followed by a rising death toll,... that currently stands at 5-thousand every day.
Speaking during a WHO social media event on Wednesday,.... Dr. Soumya Swaminathan says "mortality increases always lag behind increasing cases by a couple of weeks",... signaling a spike in the death toll is on the cards.
She added that people shouldn't assume death rates are coming down.
According to a Reuters tally,... more than 38 million people have been infected,... and nearly 1-point-1 million have died.