A massive effort led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to fast-track the development of COVID-19 vaccine, treatments, and diagnostics—and make them available to countries that need them most—released its production targets today and the price tag needed to produce and deliver the items, which totals $31.3 billion.The pandemic total rose to 9,682,414 cases, and 491,113 people have died from their infections, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.Accelerator partnership details goals, timelinesThe WHO, backed by several world leaders and global health groups, first launched the COVID-19 countermeasure scale-up effort on April 24 in response to a call from G20 leaders in March.