New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus positive cases around the world has reached 9,81,221 as they inch near the 10 lakh-mark while the total number of fatalities has crossed 50,000, according to reports.
In the last 24 hours, Spain, US and UK have recorded the highest death toll in a day, where the US recorded 884 coronavirus deaths. It has also confirmed more than 2,16,000 cases of the disease.
In the United Kingdom, the virus claimed a total 563 lives in a day, in what was described as a “sad, sad day”, by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The total death toll in the UK currently stands at 2,352.
Whereas in Spain, an additional 864 people have died taking the total death toll to 9,387 with more that 1,04,000 positive cases of the novel coronavirus.
Meanwhile, France has become the fourth country to pass the 4,000 threshold in the deaths, following Italy, Spain and the US.
Italy now has a total of 1,10,574 positive cases with 13,155 deaths, which is the highest death toll due to COVID-19 in the world.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “deeply concerned about the rapid escalation and global spread of infection”, adding: “Over the past five weeks, we have witnessed a near-exponential growth in the number of new cases reaching almost every country, territory and area.
“The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week. In the next few days, we will reach one million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths.”
So far, 1,93,770 people have been completely cured or discharged from hospitals, according to John Hopkins data.
