Global coronavirus cases cross 400,000, doubling in a week as pandemic accelerates.
The virus has now killed more than 18,200 people around the world, while more than 104,200 people have recovered from the virus, according to Hopkins., new cases surged Tuesday in Spain, where more than 6,000 new cases and over 500 new deaths were reported. In the U.S., new cases are nearing 50,000. However, U.S. officials say the true number of cases in the country is likely much higher.
Testing in the U.S. has been hampered by delays and a restrictive diagnostic criteria that limits who can get tested."The pandemic is accelerating," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing from the organization's Geneva headquarters. "It took 67 days from the first reported case to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases.
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