Coronavirus cases worldwide pass 9 million

More than nine million people have now been infected with the coronavirus worldwide as of this afternoon, according to official figured.

More than half of the 9,000,091 cases are in Europe and the United States: Europe having recorded 2,537,451 and the United States 2,281,903.

The number of cases worldwide has doubled since May 16 and more than a million new cases have been recorded in the past seven days. The official figures nevertheless reflect only a fraction of the true number, as many countries only test serious cases.

— AFP

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