As of 1:00 p.m. on Thursday (April 2), the total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide is at 937,783, only less than 70,000 before it hits the one million mark, based on the latest report by the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
The United States, Italy and Spain already surpassed China, the origin of the new coronavirus, as countries with the highest number of confirmed cases.
Meanwhile, 47,261 patients have died of the disease, most of them reported in Italy (13,155 deaths).
Still, China has the highest number of recoveries at 76,426 from the total number of 194,330 patients reported worldwide.
Top 10 countries with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide (As of 1:52 p.m. April 2, 2020):
• The United States 216,721
• Italy 110,574
• Spain 104,118
• China 82,394
• Germany 77,981
• France 57,763
• Iran 47,593
• United Kingdom 29,865
• Switzerland 17,768
• Turkey 15,679
SOURCE: John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center
