As of Sunday, global deaths from coronavirus were approaching a quarter of a million, with more than 247,000 deaths confirmed.
In Europe, the region most affected by the virus, the number of cases surpassed 1.5 million.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) figures show the daily case rate has remained between 70,000 and 90,000 new cases per day for the past month, while the mortality rate has also stabilized, at 5,000-6,000 deaths every 24 hours for the last two weeks.
