With the global COVID-19 total just shy of 13 million cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record high 230,000 cases yesterday, amid warnings from the group that many countries are headed in the wrong direction.The global total today climbed to 12,995,037 cases, and 570,435 people have died from their infections, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.Mixed messages undermine responseAt a media briefing today, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said nearly 80% of the latest cases are from 10 countries, and that 2—the United States and Brazil—make up 50% of the cases.
He said half of the global total is from countries in the Americas region.Tedros said four situations are playing out across the