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A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre, as the city and surrounding areas face local restrictions in an effort to avoid a local lockdown being forced upon the region, amid the Covid-19 outbreak, in Oldham, Britain, on August 3, 2020. — Picture by REUTERS

Worldwide number of Covid-19 cases surpasses 93 million — Johns Hopkins University

MOSCOW, Jan 15 — The worldwide number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has surpassed 93 million, reported Sputnik news agency.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the exact number of the coronavirus cases stood at 93,018,040 as of 01:20 GMT on Friday. More than 1.99 million people have died of the disease, the university added.

The World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11 last year. The biggest number of cases so far have been registered in the United States, India and Brazil.

 

— Bernama 

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