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WHO Says 10% of World Population May Have Been Infected With Coronavirus

The estimate - which would amount to more than 760 million people based on a 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.

The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Monday its "best estimates" indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected.