"Some of that increase may be attributed to increased testing ... And certainly countries like India are testing more. Global cases surpassed 9 million on Monday, with the United States, China and other hard-hit countries also reporting new outbreaks, according to a Reuters tally. From that perspective, we would say that this trend is not reflective of exhaustive testing, but probably under-estimating the actual number of cases." Ryan said he thought there had been "great upticks" in cases in a number of US states. The WHO has been criticised by some member states, especially the United States, which says it was too weak, too slow and too "China-centric" in tackling the disease at the outset.

Source: bd News24 June 22, 2020 17:48 UTC