Worldwide coronavirus cases crosses 85 million

Worldwide coronavirus cases crosses 85 million

LONDON — As many as 85.04 million (85,040,066) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,844,920 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 60,166,133 cases of global recoveries.Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with over 85 million confirmed cases in 218 countries and more than 1.84 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 recorded Saturday 160,606 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as the confirmed cases nation-wide crossed 20 million. It also recorded 2,051 virus-related deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.The tally showed that the confirmed cases nationwide reached 20,128,693 and at least 347,788 deaths across US, with the country remaining the world's worst hit by the pandemic.Furthermore there were a record 125,057 people currently hospitalized for coronavirus in the US, according to COVID Tracking Project. The US ranks first globally in the number of coronavirus cases