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Coronavirus cases worldwide cross 6.5 million mark; death toll at 3,87,911

The total number of coronavirus cases across the globe rose to 6,567,221 on Thursday. Meanwhile, 3,87,911 people died worldwide due to coronavirus. Till now, 3, 164,317 people have been recovered from the coronavirus infection

In this Monday, April 20, 2020 file photo, emergency room doctors and nurses wear personal protectiv Image Source : APIn this Monday, April 20, 2020 file photo, emergency room doctors and nurses wear personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study which found hospital emergency room visits from chest pain and heart attacks fell early this spring, further confirming experts' fears that U.S. coronavirus outbreaks scared away many heart patients from going to ERs who should have gone. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The total number of coronavirus cases across the globe rose to 6,567,221 on Thursday. Meanwhile, 3,87,911 people died worldwide due to coronavirus. Till now, 3, 164,317 people have been recovered from the coronavirus infection, as per the latest figures from worldometer.  South Korea has confirmed 39 additional cases of the coronavirus, all but three of them reported in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area as authorities are struggling to contain a resurgence of the COVID-19.

China has announced just one confirmed coronavirus case, one brought from outside the country, and no new deaths, as authorities in the hardest-hit province of Hubei move closer to sounding a final all-clear.

The United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are urging governments, the private sector, international organizations and civil society to unite to scale up efforts to develop, test and produce “a people’s vaccine” against COVID-19 that is available to all people around the world.

A senior member of the British government is being tested for the coronavirus after falling ill in the House of Commons. Business Secretary Alok Sharma has been tested and is heading home to self-isolate after becoming unwell while delivering a speech on the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill, his office said.

Here are the top 10 countries affected by coronavirus: 

# Country,
Other
Total
Cases
New
Cases
Total
Deaths
New
Deaths
Total
Recovered
Active
Cases
  World 6,562,562 +121,280 386,786 +4,927 3,161,280 3,014,496
1 USA 1,901,783 +20,578 109,142 +1,083 688,670 1,103,971
2 Brazil 583,980 +27,312 32,547 +1,269 266,132 285,301
3 Russia 432,277 +8,536 5,215 +178 195,957 231,105
4 Spain 287,406 +394 27,128 +1 N/A N/A
5 UK 279,856 +1,871 39,728 +359 N/A N/A
6 Italy 233,836 +321 33,601 +71 160,938 39,297
7 India 216,824 +9,633 6,088 +259 104,071 106,665
8 Germany 184,425 +334 8,699 +25 167,300 8,426
9 Peru 178,914 +4,030 4,894 +127 72,319 101,701
10 Turkey 166,422 +867 4,609 +24 130,852 30,961

(With inputs from AP)

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