Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass nine million

More than nine million people have now been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, according to a tally drawing on official sources, as of Monday.

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More than half of the 9,036,002 cases are in Europe and the United States .The official figures nevertheless reflect only a fraction of the true number, as many countries only test serious cases.

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The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has doubled since May 16 and more than a million new cases have been recorded in the past seven days. The official figures nevertheless reflect only a fraction of the true number, as many countries only test serious cases .

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