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Despite COVID-19 connectivity boost, world’s poorest left far behind 

Despite COVID-19 connectivity boost, world’s poorest left far behind 

New York: Some 2.9 billion people still have never used the internet, and 96 per cent live in developing countries, a new UN report has found. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the estimated number of people who have gone online this year actually went up, to 4.9 billion, partially because of a “COVID connectivity boost”.