Global coronavirus daily infections close to 100,000

SANAA, May 9 (YPA) – Johns Hopkins University has recorded a stable rate of new coronavirus infections in the world over the past day, with the cumulative death toll approaching 4 million.

The university  reported a daily infection rate of 93,800 new cases, compared with 92,000 the previous day.

The overall toll was more than 3,939,000, while the index exceeded the 4 million thresholds, according to Worldometers statistics.

Johns Hopkins reported that the total number of deaths as of this morning was 274,898, while a total of more than 1,320,000 people were recovering.

The United States remains among the most affected with the virus with about 1.28 million infections, followed by Spain  (222,800), Italy (217,1,000) and Britain (212,6,000), while Russia ranks fifth with about 188,000.

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