As the global COVID-19 total exceeded 9.5 million cases today, fueled mainly by surges in the Americas and South Asia, cases in Europe rose for the first time in months, the head of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) European regional office warned today.The global total today climbed to 9,506,788 cases, along with 484,406 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.In Europe, 30 nations report increasesAt a media briefing today, Hans Henri Kluge, MD, MPH, said though the European region makes up a decreasing proportion of global cases compared with earlier in the year, last week it saw a rise in cases for the first time in months.