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Worldwide coronavirus cases approaching 3.8 million

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

08:29 7 May 2020


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There has been an average of 80,000 new cases of Covid-19 across the world every day over the past five weeks.

The total number of people infected with the virus is now approaching 3.8 million.

Nearly 264,000 have died - with the highest amounts in the US and the UK.

The World Health Organisation's director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus, says no region has been spared.

"Since the beginning of April, around 80,000 new cases have been reported to the WHO every day.

"But these are not just numbers - every single case is a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, or a friend"


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