Global coronavirus cases surge past 1M mark, with more than 50,000 dead

Published April 2, 2020 8:09pm ET



A grim milestone was reached on Thursday for the coronavirus outbreak.

The number of confirmed cases around the world has now exceeded 1 million, with 51,485 deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. The United States makes up a little under one-fourth of the world’s cases, with 234,462 infections and at least 5,607 deaths.

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