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Coronavirus Infections Top 1 Million Worldwide
A street in New York is blocked by police amid the COVID-19 pandemic. / GETTY / KYODO
By Kyodo News 3 April 2020
GENEVA—The number of coronavirus infections worldwide surpassed 1 million on Thursday with the disease causing more than 51,000 deaths as the pandemic continues to rage, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 1,002,195, crossing the 1 million line just one week after topping 500,000 on March 26, according to the US university data.
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