{"id":4767,"date":"2020-06-29T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T07:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4767"},"modified":"2020-06-29T15:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T07:43:07","slug":"global-coronavirus-death-toll-tops-500000-as-of-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4767","title":{"rendered":"Global coronavirus death toll tops 500,000 as of Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANKARA, June 29\u00a0\u00a0— The global death toll from the novel coronavirus\u00a0surpassed 500,000 on Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The worldwide tally for virus-linked deaths reached 500,108, while the number of recoveries topped 5.08 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Global coronavirus cases have surpassed 10 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US remains the worst-hit country with over 2.53 million infections, while its death toll exceeds 125,700.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil, which has the largest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Latin America, has the second-highest number of infections worldwide with 1.31 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia, India, Italy, Spain and the UK are also among the hardest-hit countries in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the virus has spread to 188 countries and regions since late last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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