The World Health Organisation has recorded the largest one-day rise in coronavirus cases of the pandemic so far. This is being driven by an increase in positive tests in Europe, which logged 96,996 cases on Thursday, the highest one-day total for the region. Global coronavirus cases hit an all-time high on Thursday, with more than 300,000 infections recorded (yellow line, scale on the right). Infections in the United Kingdom have reached record levels with over 17,000 new cases reported on Thursday. While India still leads in the globe in most new cases reported per day, new infections are down 20% from its peak.

Source: Daily Mail October 09, 2020 05:37 UTC