Global COVID-19 cases top 4.6M: Johns Hopkins University

​Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 4.6 million on Saturday, reaching 4,605,673 as of 3:32 p.m. (1932 GMT), according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Xinhua May 17, 2020

Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 4.6 million on Saturday, reaching 4,605,673 as of 3:32 p.m. (1932 GMT), according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 310,180 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed.

The United States suffered the most from the pandemic, with 1,456,029 cases and a death toll of 88,230. Countries with over 200,000 cases also included Russia, Britain, Spain, Italy and Brazil, according to the CSSE data.

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