GENEVA : The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the record levels of new COVID-19 cases are due to the fact that the pandemic is peaking in a number of big countries at the same time and this reflect a change in the virus' global activity.WHO's emergencies chief Dr.
Michael Ryan said that “the numbers are increasing because the epidemic is developing in a number of populous countries at the same time."Some countries, including India and the US, have attributed their increased caseload to more testing, but Ryan dismissed that explanation.Noting that many countries have also noted marked increases in hospital admissions and deaths, he said: “We do not believe this is a testing phenomenon."“There definitely is a shift in that the virus is.