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| Confirmed cases of new coronavirus top 200,000 worldwide – Johns Hopkins University | Confirmed cases of new coronavirus top 200,000 worldwide – Johns Hopkins University |
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| The coronavirus reached a new milestone today, passing 200,000 cases worldwide, fresh estimations say. The number of confirmed infections has doubled globally in just 12 days. | The coronavirus reached a new milestone today, passing 200,000 cases worldwide, fresh estimations say. The number of confirmed infections has doubled globally in just 12 days. |
| According to the John Hopkins University Tracker, an academic web-based map, the threshold was passed on Wednesday. | |
| At least 7,954 people have died from Covid-19 globally, the university also reports, while the World Health Organization (WHO) lists the figure at 7,529, and says the virus has affected at least 150 countries now. | |
| As the virus keeps gaining ground across the globe, Europe has suffered more deaths from Covid-19 than the whole of Asia, AFP reports. | |
| The coronavirus, which emerged in Hubei province, China late last year, has been largely contained there after harsh measures were taken by Beijing to stop the spread. | |
| Meanwhile, Europe has recently been declared the epicenter of the epidemic by the WHO, with Italy, Spain, and Germany among the most affected nations. | |
| Italy alone now has over 2,500 recorded deaths from coronavirus, while Spain says over 550 of its citizens have died. | |
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