The coronavirus has hit another sobering milestone: more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began.
Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus tracker reported more than 50.2 million COVID-19 cases globally as of Sunday.
An activist turns on LED candles at a memorial for Israel’s victims of COVID-19, in Jerusalem, on Sunday, 8th November. PICTURE: AP Photo/Oded Balilty.
There have been more than 1.2 million deaths from the disease worldwide since the pandemic started.
The US, with about four per cent of the world’s population, represents almost a fifth of all reported cases.
The country has had more than 9.8 million cases and more than 237,000 deaths from the virus since the pandemic started, according to Johns Hopkins University’s data.
Coronavirus cases and deaths also continue to soar in the US, as they are in many countries.
Meanwhile, the US has set another record for daily number of coronavirus cases.
The country reported more than 126,000 positive cases and more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University.
It marked the fourth day in a row that new cases topped more than 100,000 as the country has broken its own record for daily cases with nearly every passing day this week.
The seven-day rolling average for daily new cases in the US rose over the past two weeks from more than 64,000 on 24th October to nearly 104,000 on 7th November, according to the university’s data.
The virus death toll is also rising in the country.
The seven-day rolling average for daily new deaths rose over the past two weeks from 801 on 24th October to 930 on 7th November, the university said.
There have been more than 9.8 million cases and more than 237,000 deaths from the virus in the US since the pandemic started.
