{"id":5458,"date":"2020-08-11T10:51:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T02:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2020-08-11T10:51:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T02:51:53","slug":"globally-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-surpass-20-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5458","title":{"rendered":"Globally, confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 20 million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kuala Lumpur, Aug\u00a011 \u00a0&#8212; The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) globally has surpassed 20 million, reported Sputnik news agency based on data from\u00a0Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Globally, the case tally stood at 20,001,019 at 23:54 GMT Monday, with 733,897 deaths and 12,200,847 recoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"globally\" class=\"wp-image-4356\" width=\"469\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19-800x535.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19-covid19.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic on March 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the WHO, the global coronavirus death toll has surpassed 728,000 people, with the number of cases worldwide exceeding 19.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NMT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur, Aug\u00a011 \u00a0&#8212; 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