Coronavirus: Global COVID-19 cases surpass one million mark

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: coronavirus cases more than one million

Global coronavirus cases have crossed the one million mark earlier than predicted by the World Health Organisation.

Data by worldometers.info, said 1,000,168 showed the virus had hit 1,000,168 people today, with 64,971 new cases recorded worldwide.

The data also showed 51,354 people dead from the virus.

United States remains the world leader with 235,747 cases. There were 20,744 new cases logged in the last 24 hours.

Italy follows the U.S. with 115,242 cases, 4,668 of them reported today.

Spain is world’s third worst-hit country by the virus with 110,238 cases. The country reported fresh 6,120 cases today.

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