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Coronavirus cases worldwide pass 9 million: AFP tally
PARIS, June 23, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – More than nine million people have now been
infected with the coronavirus worldwide, according to an AFP tally drawing on
official sources, as of Monday 1520 GMT.
More than half of the 9,000,091 cases are in Europe and the United States:
Europe having recorded 2,537,451 and the United States 2,281,903.
The number of cases worldwide has doubled since May 16 and more than a
million new cases have been recorded in the past seven days. The official
figures nevertheless reflect only a fraction of the true number, as many
countries only test serious cases.
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