Worldwide COVID-19 Cases Exceed 7.66 Million

World

June 13th, 10:39am

Asharq Al-Awsat

FILE: A general view of a display with the latest information on the spread of the novel coronavirus worldwide during a government crisis meeting in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

More than 7.66 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally. Deaths caused by the virus worldwide reached a total of 424,757​ cases, according to a Reuters tally. More than 210 countries and territories reported infections since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. The outbreak of the pandemic has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Meanwhile, a prominent US economist said there can be no real economic recovery in Europe unless governments “completely suppress” the virus, the Associated Press reported.

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