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Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million – SBS News
It took almost six months to reach 10 million global COVID-19 cases after the first was reported in China. It took 43 days to double that tally to 20 million.
Global coronavirus cases have pushed past 20 million, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for more than half of all known infections.
The disease has infected at least four times the average number of people struck down with severe influenza illnesses annually, according to the World Health Organisation.
The death toll from COVID-19, meanwhile, at more than 728,000 has outpaced the upper range of annual deaths from the flu.
The tally of infections, which is compiled by Reuters…
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