Global coronavirus cases hit 10 million
- Nayadiganta English Desk
- 29 June 2020, 06:55
The confirmed global Covid-19 cases surpassed 10 million with over 500,000 fatalities as of Monday morning.
Besides, over 5 million people have made recovery from the coronavirus, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
The worst-hit US has recorded 2,548,143 confirmed cases with a death toll of 125,799.
Brazil has come up to the second position with 1,344,143 confirmed cases and 57,662 deaths.
Russia has counted the third highest Covid-19 cases - 633,563, after the US and Brazil with 9,060 fatalities.
Meanwhile, India has taken the fourth position with 528,859 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has so far reported 16,095 deaths.
The UK has the third-highest death toll with 43,643, followed by Italy with 34,738, France 29,781 and Spain 28,343, according to the JHU data.
Chinese health authorities said on Monday that they received reports of 12 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, including seven domestically transmitted cases and five imported ones.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
