Confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 70 million with 1.58 million deaths as the pandemic raged out of control and nations pinned hopes on rolling out vaccines.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 70 million with 1.58 million deaths on Friday, as the pandemic raged out of control and nations pinned hopes on rolling out vaccines in record time and scale.
The staggering figure arrived just 16 days after the world reached the 60 million mark with 1.25 million deaths, a day faster than the previous 10 million infections. The United States alone accounted for 15.7 million, or 22%, of all cases, with 293,785 deaths and nearly 6 million recovered.
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