Global COVID-19 tracker

The US surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic, 100,000 deaths. That number is the best estimate and most assuredly an undercount. But it represents the stark reality that more Americans have died from the virus than from the Vietnam and Korean wars combined. In terms of cases, Brazil comes in second place with 4,38,812 infections.

Hyderabad:The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 59,05,415 and killed over 3,62,024 people across the world. More than 25,79,691 people have recovered so far.

The novel coronavirus infection trend continued downward in Italy as the number of recoveries jumped by 3,503 on Thursday, bringing the total to 150,604, the Civil Protection Department said.

Meanwhile, another 70 people died, bringing the death toll from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, to 33,142 on Thursday.

The total active infections stood at 47,986, down by 2,980 from Wednesday, according to the department.

South Korea reported 58 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight on Friday, raising the total number of infections to 11,402.

Global COVID-19 tracker

The daily caseload rose sharply for the past three days, recording 79 on Thursday and 40 on Wednesday each.

The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

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