WHO "코로나19 신규 확진자 23만명"…일일 기준 최다<br /><br /> Another grim milestone in the pandemic.<br />In just 24 hours, global cases of COVID-19 have surged by more than 230-thousand, the steepest rise so far.<br />In the U.S. the state of Florida has seen the highest number of cases so far.<br />As for a vaccine, a French expert says it's unlikely that a vaccine will be ready even by next year.<br />Our Kim Jae-hee has the updates. <br /> The World Health Organization on Sunday reported another record increase in the number of daily COVID-19 cases -- a staggering 230-thousand-370 cases in a period of 24 hours.<br />That's about two thousand more than the previous record set just two days earlier.<br />The biggest increases were in the U.S., Brazil, India and South Africa.<br /> The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday reported almost 63-thousand new cases, raising the U.S. tally to more than 3-point-2 million.<br />Florida logged the most of any state in a single day so far at more than 15 thousand cases.<br />According to analysis by Reuters, if Florida were a country, it would rank fourth globally for the most new cases in a day following the U.S., Brazil and India.<br />This comes just a day after parts of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, reopened to a limited number of guests.<br /> Meanwhile, India logged more than 28-thousand cases on Monday, raising the nationwide total to 878-thousand.<br />Authorities in several cities in India are putting strict lockdowns back in place.<br /> With cases rising all around the world, a French expert has given a grim outlook in terms of vaccine development.<br />Arnaud Fontanet, a senior government adviser on science said on Sunday that there's a little chance a 100-percent effective COVID-19 vaccine will be available by next year.<br /> He said people will have to "live with the virus," and urged the public to take social distancing more seriously.<br />Kim Jae-hee, Arirang News. <br />
