Global number of cases reaches 4.7m

Addis Ababa, May 18, 2020 (FBC) – More than 4.7 million people across the world have now been infected with the coronavirus outbreak, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The US accounts for the staggering majority of this with over 1.4 million cases, or almost one-third.

Russia comes in at second with 281,752, followed closely by the United Kingdom at 244,995.

A surge cases means the number of cases in Brazil have surpassed the total in Italy, with 241,080 infections recorded in the central American country.

Lastly, Spain has now recorded 230,698 cases, followed by Italy, France and Germany, according to BBC.