The number of new infections with the coronavirus in Europe has climbed above the 100,000 mark for the first time; dpa cited the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) as showing.
The WHO statistics updated on Friday show an increase compared to the previous day of 109,749 cases; after almost 99,000 new cases were reported on Thursday.
In Europe, the virus has been spreading steadily since August.
In North and South America; around 127,000 more cases were registered on Friday compared to the previous day.
According to earlier information from the WHO; every 10th person in the world could have contracted the novel virus by now.