Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 3 Million
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] On the 27th (Korean time), the total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) worldwide surpassed 3 million. It has been 118 days since December 31 last year, when 27 patients with pneumonia of unknown cause were reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
According to the real-time statistics site 'Worldometer,' as of 6 p.m. on that day, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide was 3,004,116. After surpassing 2 million on the 15th, the number increased by 1 million in 12 days.
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The United States had the highest number of confirmed cases at 987,322. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 has been recorded at 207,118 so far.
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