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COVID-19 positive cases near 3-million mark globally; death toll passes 2 lacs

COVID-19 positive cases near 3-million mark globally; death toll passes 2 lacs

Coronavirus in America

Cases of infections of the deadly coronavirus surpassed 29 lacs worldwide on Monday as COVID-19 spreads across Europe, North America and South Asia.

COVID-19 has now infected 2,971,831 people worldwide and 206,553 people have been killed due to this pandemic.

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Around 868,480 people of that tally have recovered.

The United States is by far the hardest-hit country in the global pandemic, in terms of both confirmed infections and deaths.

The United States recorded 1,330 more novel coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures reported late Sunday by the Johns Hopkins University.

The country now has an overall death toll of 55,415, with 964,937 confirmed infections, according to a tally by the Baltimore-based institution at 8:30 pm.

The 24-hour US death toll was 2,494 late Saturday, and 1,258 on Friday evening -- the lowest in nearly three weeks -- as the government struggles to quell the virus.

A few days ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) had claimed how lifting lockdowns too early could lead to a second wave and would be a catastrophe.

Meanwhile, after more than three months of an arduous fight, Wuhan, the city located at the heart of China and epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, has cleared all remaining cases related to the deadly infection in its hospitals, health authorities told Xinhua news agency on Sunday.

(With inputs from agencies)