The number of global COVID-19 cases soared past 50 million on Sunday, as the United States' total cases inched closer to the 10 million milestone.
According to a Johns Hopkins University tally, global cases reached 50,325,072 by 9:25 p.m. Sunday and have resulted in nearly 1.3 million deaths. Meanwhile, U.S. cases totaled 9,961,324 and have resulted in nearly 238,000 deaths.
Saturday marked the third consecutive day that new coronavirus cases diagnosed in the United States surpassed 120,000, with Johns Hopkins University confirming a total of 126,742 new cases that day.
The seven-day moving average of new cases nationwide is now more than 110,000, or more than double what it was one month ago, NPR reported.
The United States, with about 4.3% of the world population, now accounts for about 20% of global COVID-19 cases, USA Today reported.
Meanwhile, India follows most closely behind the United States, with 8,507,754 COVID-19 cases, while Brazil’s 5,664,115 cases mean those three countries account for nearly half of all global cases.
Six other countries have reported at least one million cases each, including:
• France: 1,835,187 cases, resulting in 40,490 deaths.
• Russia: 1,760,420 cases, resulting in 30,292 deaths.
• Spain: 1,328,832 cases, resulting in 38,833 deaths.
• Argentina: 1,242,182 cases, resulting in 33,560 deaths.
• United Kingdom: 1,193,350 cases, resulting in 49,134 deaths.
• Colombia: 1,143,887 cases, resulting in 32,791 deaths.
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