<span style="color: #222222;">North Korea today said that more than a million people have recovered from COVID-19. The statement came just a week after disclosing an outbreak. The country's anti-virus headquarters announced around 2,32,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths. These figures raise its totals to 62 deaths and more than 1.7 million fever cases since late April. It said, at least 6,91,170 remain in quarantine.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, outside experts believe most of the fevers are COVID-19, but North Korea lacks tests to confirm so many. It's also unclear how more than a million people recovered so quickly when limited medicine, medical equipment, and health facilities exist to treat the country's impoverished, unvaccinated population of 26 million.<br />''<br />''On other hand, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus yesterday said that North Korea has not responded to its request for more data about its outbreak.<br />''<br />''Globally, COVID-19 has killed about 6.3 million people with the true toll believed to be much higher. Countries with outbreaks of a similar size to North Korea's official fever tally have confirmed thousands of deaths each.</span><br />