The World Health Organisation has confirmed no new countries have reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
However, WHO has released a Medical Product Alert that warns consumers, healthcare professionals, and health authorities against a growing number of falsified medical products that claim to prevent, detect, treat or cure COVID-19.
WHO has received multiple reports regarding falsified in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and laboratory reagents for the detection of SARS.
In its situation report issued today, WHO has advised people to refer to its Emergency Use Listing for a list of diagnostics approved for clinical use by WHO.
According to WHO, to date, eight countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, PR China, Russia n Federation, Singapore, Republic of Korea, United States of America) have listed IVDs for COVID-19 diagnosis based on expedited regulatory assessments.
In terms of numbers in the last 24 hours:
Globally
896,450 confirmed (72,839 new)
45,526 deaths (4924 new)
Western Pacific Region
107,626 confirmed (1204 new)
3723 deaths (22 new)
European Region
503,006 confirmed (38,809 new)
33,604 deaths (3515 new)
South-East Asia Region
5324 confirmed (149 new)
216 deaths (21 new)
Eastern Mediterranean Region
58,168 confirmed (3887 new)
3280 deaths (165 new)
Region of the Americas
216,912 confirmed (28,161 new)
4565 deaths (1165 new)
African Region
4702 confirmed (629 new)
127 deaths (36 new)
