According to an analysis by the Reuters news agency, the number of infections worldwide is almost 250 million.
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Globally, the average daily number of new cases has fallen by 36 percent in the past three months, it said. According to the data, more than half of all new infections worldwide currently occur in Europe. Overall, the number of new cases is still increasing in 55 of 240 countries.
Experts are confident that many countries are now behind the worst: “We assume that between now and the end of 2022 the point will come where we will gain control of the virus,” said WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove Reuters .
Accessed on November 8th, 2021 at 8:37 am on https://www.sn.at/panorama/wissen/neue-zahlen-weltweit-fast-250-millionen-corona-faelle-112093399