WHO records largest single-day increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases

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published 22 June 2020

The World Health Organization reported the biggest single-day increase in coronavirus cases Sunday, with more than 183,000 recorded globally over 24 hours.

Brazil had the highest number of cases, with 54,771, followed by the U.S. with 36,617 and India with more than 15,400. The worldwide death toll increased by 4,743 to 461,715, The Associated Press reports, with more than two-thirds of the new deaths occurring in the Americas.

The Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker shows that the U.S. has the world's highest number of confirmed infections — more than 2.2 million — and highest death toll, at close to 120,000. The Washington Post has also been tracking data, and found that 29 states and U.S. territories reported a higher seven-day average of new cases on Sunday than they did a week earlier on June 14. Many states are continuing to reopen and loosen restrictions on businesses, despite the rise in infections.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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