COVID-19 Live Updates: Total Number of Coronavirus Cases Worldwide Tops 4.1 Million

The death toll from the coronavirus infection throughout the world reached 284,000, more than 4.15 million cases of infection were detected, and more than 1.44 million of those have already recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, media and other sources.

The United States still has the highest coronavirus case count in the world, with 1,347,881 infected. This includes 232,733 recoveries and 80,682 fatalities.
Russia has registered 11,656 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with the total count now reaching 221,344, the national coronavirus response centre said.
The WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. 

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China has registered, over the past 24 hours, one new imported case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, 27 patients have recovered, no deaths have been recorded, the state health committee said in a statement.

There have also been 15 new asymptomatic cases, the committee said.

Overall, 1,691 imported cases of coronavirus infection have now been detected in China, 80 people are still sick, 1,611 people have recovered.

"The state health committee received from 31 provinces (areas, cities of central subordination) information on 82,919 confirmed cases of infection with the new type of coronavirus, including 115 people currently sick (10 people are in serious condition), 78,171 people were discharged from hospitals, 4,633 died," the center said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic.

According to the latest WHO data, more than 4,006,250 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in the world, and over 278,800 people have died from the disease.