More than a million confirmed cases of Covid-19 globally
According to Johns Hopkins University at least 1,000,036 infections have been recorded
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Confirmed cases of Covid-19 around the world have passed more than a million as the disease continued to surge in the US and top teaching hospitals across Europe warned that they would run out of vital drugs for intensive care patients within two weeks.
According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University released on Thursday, at least 1,000,036 infections have been recorded after cases doubled in the past eight days. It took 75 days to log the first 500,000 cases around the world.
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