Global daily COVID-19 infections hit record high with nearly 400,000 new cases reported: WHO

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E-mail Xinhua, October 18, 2020 Adjust font size: 下载安装Flash播放器 A total of 392,471 new COVID-19 infections were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday, a record high since the onset of the pandemic, taking the total number of confirmed cases worldwide to 39,196,259. According to a tally kept by the WHO, the United States had the most daily infections on Saturday, with 63,044 new cases reported. As of Saturday, the country has registered 7,896,895 total confirmed cases, the highest worldwide. Meanwhile, India had reported 62,212 new cases on Saturday, the second largest daily increase globally, which has taken...