Coronavirus Outbreak: Number of Infected Nears 4 Million Globally

By Staff, Agencies

The coronavirus continues to spread across the world, nearing 4,000,000 infected globally, with ten countries reporting more than 100,000 cases, and four of them - over 200,000 cases.

However, numerous countries plan to ease quarantine restrictions to avoid severe a economic crisis amid the pandemic.

The US is still the worst-hit country with over 1.2 million infected and more than 77,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University. At the same time, the United Kingdom has surpassed Spain and Italy in terms of deaths, with the number of those succumbing to the virus in reaching 31,316.

Germany has confirmed 1,251 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 168,551, the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday.

The death toll has grown by 103 to 7,369 people within the time period. A day earlier, the country confirmed 1,209 new cases and 147 fatalities.

More than 143,000 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Germany since the beginning of the outbreak.