World’s Registered Coronavirus Cases Pass 2 Mln

By Staff, Agencies

The Coronavirus pandemic continues spreading across the world, as countries introduce severe measures, closing borders, and prolonging quarantines and social distancing in order to stop the outbreaks of infection.

According to AFP data, the pandemic infected 2,000,000 people worldwide as of 10:00 GMT on Wednesday, 15 April.

The World Health Organization, however, confirmed only 1,878,489 cases so far, while Johns Hopkins University reported that over 1,996,000 have been diagnosed with the disease.

The United States remains the nation worst hit by the pandemic, with over 609,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and over 26,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.

New York City is the US’ biggest center of the outbreak with 110,000 infected. Some 7,905 people have succumbed to the disease there.

In the meantime, the virus is also spreading in Europe, with Italy and Spain suffering most [almost 160,000 and 170,000 infected respectively, according to the WHO].