Global coronavirus caseload reaches 117.9 million

Global coronavirus caseload reaches 117.9 million

LONDON — As many as 117.9 million (117,942,357) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,615,629 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 93,627,916 cases of global recoveries.Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with over 100 million confirmed cases in 218 countries and more than 2.6 million deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again.The US has recorded nearly 30 million cases and nearly 540,000 deaths, the highest figures in the world. Daily cases were at record levels in early January but they have fallen substantially in the last few weeks.Canada, which has a far lower death rate than the US, also experienced a winter surge but daily cases have also been falling recently.The US recorded Monday 29,751,543 total coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as the confirmed cases nation-wide crossed 29 million. According to Johns Hopkins University, the tally showed