Xinhua
07 Aug 2020, 08:21 GMT+10
Passengers are seen at Penn Station in New York, the United States, on Aug. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
- Global COVID-19 cases surpass 19 million: Johns Hopkins University
- U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 160,000
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 19 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
With the global case count reaching 19,007,938, a total of 713,406 people worldwide had died from the disease as of 9:35 p.m. local time (0135 GMT Friday), the CSSE data showed.
People tour the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the United States, July 31, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)
The United States has suffered the most from the pandemic, with 4,881,974 cases and 160,090 fatalities, followed by Brazil with 2,912,212 cases and 98,493 deaths, the tally showed.
Countries with more than 400,000 cases also include India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Peru, according to the center. ■
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