Global Covid-19 cases cross 10 million mark

The number of coronavirus disease across the world crossed the 10 million mark late on Saturday night. According to Worldometre, the number is 51 more than 10 million.

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The grim milestone has been reached in about six months since the emergence of this novel coronavirus in China’s Wuhan in December last year.

The virus as defied belief that the spread will slow down in the summer season. In June alone this year, 1.25 lakh Covid-19 patients are surfacing everyday. In fact, nearly two-third of total infections were reported in the months of May and June.

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The highest number of fatalities was reported in March – around 1.9 lakh. The coronavirus disease was at its peak in Italy, Spain and France in March and the United States too came under its grip. Though the number of cases has increased in May and June, the number of fatalities has gone down to some extent.

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There are 38 countries which have either defeated Covid-19, or are very close to it. These include small island nations like Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. New Zealand surprised the world when it announced last week that it has become Covid-19 free, though some cases wre reported later.

Indian neighbours Bhutan and Sri Lanka are nearly free from the coronavirus disease.

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