COVID-19 cases exceed 900,000 worldwide
By Trend
A total of 900,306 cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally as of 18:00 CET Thursday, showed the situation dashboard by the World Health Organization (WHO), Trend reports citing Xinhua.
The global death toll from the pandemic has climbed to 45,693.
Outside China, the number of infections surged to 817,582, while 42,366 fatalities were reported as of Thursday afternoon.
According to the WHO, the United States has seen 187,302 confirmed cases, including 3,846 deaths, while Italy, Spain have reported 115,574 and 102,136 infection cases, respectively.
"In the next day or two, we will reach more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and 50,000 deaths," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a mission briefing on Thursday.