Global COVID-19 cases surpass 1.9m

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Confirmed COVID-19 cases across the world topped 1.9 million on Monday, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University in USA.

The fresh figure reached 1,904,566 with 118,459 deaths as of 4 pm local time (2000 GMT), reports Xinhua.

According to the running tally, the United States reported 572,169 cases, the most in the world, as well as the highest death toll of 23,070. Spain registered 169,496 cases and 17,489 deaths, while Italy reported 159,516 cases and 20,465 deaths.