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Global coronavirus cases now exceed 10 million and more than half a million people have died from the respiratory disease, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States accounts for about a quarter of all deaths. Pakistan's COVID-19 cases have passed the 200,000 mark after 3,602 new infections were reported on Sunday. The US health…

More than a half-million people have now died from COVID-19 worldwide, and the death toll has doubled in just over seven weeks.That grim milestone – marked Sunday by Johns Hopkins University – is particularly unsettling given warnings by health experts that the pandemic is still in its infancy.As the number of confirmed cases also surpassed 10 million worldwide, health officials are bracing for a second wave…

The number of coronavirus deaths worldwide passed the 500,000 mark on Sunday, with more than a quarter of all deaths occurring in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.The grim milestone came after India and Russia added thousands of new COVID-19 cases, and surges of new infections hit several U.S. states, pushing the global number…

Oklahoma, where President Trump plans a rally this weekend, is among the states reporting a record number of new cases. An outbreak in Beijing prompted a backlash against salmon. Arizona and Texas will allow local officials to require masks.Right NowMayor Bill de Blasio of New York City confirmed that the city will enter its next…

Doctors wearing face masks and gloves as a preventive measure attend to a coronavirus patient at the intensive care unit of Albert Schweitzer Hospital.Robin Utrecht | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty ImagesOne in five people around the world could be at risk of developing a severe case of Covid-19, an international team of scientists…