The head of emergencies at the World Health
Organization says its “best estimates” indicate that roughly one
in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus.
The estimate, which would amount to more than
760 million people based on current world population of about 7.6 billion, far
outstrips the number of confirmed cases as tallied by both WHO and Johns
Hopkins University, now more than 35 million worldwide.
Experts have long said that the number of
confirmed cases greatly underestimates the true figure.
AP wire services helped contribute
to this report.