Global COVID-19 tally crosses the 4 million mark
Coronavirus cases cross 4 million
The number of positive coronavirus cases globally has crossed the 4 million mark as the total cases reported are nearly 4,026,691.
As many as 276,894 people have lost their lives due to the deadly virus.
United States is one of the worst-hit countries by coronavirus. The total positive cases in America rose to 1,320,413, including 78,644 deaths.
Germany saw a sudden rise in the positive cases which increased the total tally to 168,049 and the total deaths to7,327.
Italy and Spain are aiming to partially open the lockdown as the cases have slowed down, with Italy having total217,185 positive, including30,201 deaths, and Spain having240,711 positive cases, including 26,299 deaths.
United Kingdom and Russia are struggling to contain the spread of virus as the number of cases rose to 211,364 (31,241 deaths) and198,676 (1,827 deaths) respectively. However, few relaxations in the lockdown of the uK are expected soon.
After months of no new positive case, Wuhan, the alleged epicentre of the virus, has reported new positive cases, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to82,887 and4,633 fatalities.
A total of 201 countries have been infected by the virus in the past 6 months.