Global COVID-19 cases top 7 million; deaths approaching 400,000: Reuters
"전세계 코로나19 확진자 700만명 넘어…사망은 40만명"
The total number of cases worldwide of the coronavirus have topped 7 million as of Saturday, according to a tally by Reuters, as numbers surge in Brazil and India.
The number of deaths is approaching 400-thousand.
Almost a third of the cases worldwide are in the United States, as are about a fourth of the fatalities.
Deaths are rapidly rising in Brazil, which could overtake the UK as the country with the second-highest death toll.
Although the real numbers are believed to be higher, the number of fatalities linked to COVID-19 is now equal to the number of people who die annually from malaria, one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases.
The total number of cases worldwide of the coronavirus have topped 7 million as of Saturday, according to a tally by Reuters, as numbers surge in Brazil and India.
The number of deaths is approaching 400-thousand.
Almost a third of the cases worldwide are in the United States, as are about a fourth of the fatalities.
Deaths are rapidly rising in Brazil, which could overtake the UK as the country with the second-highest death toll.
Although the real numbers are believed to be higher, the number of fatalities linked to COVID-19 is now equal to the number of people who die annually from malaria, one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases.