New York [US ], April 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people infected with the new coronavirus worldwide has surpassed 1.8 million with 71,779 cases verified over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO ) said on Tuesday.
According to the update, the global count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 1,844,863, with the majority of them concentrated in Europe (943,272) and the Americas (644,986).
The death toll has grown by 5,369 cases over the past day to a total of 117,021 fatalities, the report read. (Sputnik/ANI)
