Global COVID-19 Cases Breach 100 million

The global coronavirus disease cases or COVID-19 has reached 100 million on Wednesday, January 27 according to the tally made by Johns Hopkins University. 


The grim milestone comes three months since global cases reached 50 million cases and over a year since the first recorded case was discovered in Wuhan, China.

The U.S. remains the leader in recorded cases of the coronavirus with more than 25 million infections. India ranks second with more than 10.5 million cases, and Brazil third with almost nine million, according to Johns Hopkins.

Out of the total 100 million cases, the global death toll is now at over 2 million, while recovered cases have now reached 55.3 million.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has grown at a rate of roughly 4-5 million cases per week since December according to the World Health Organization.

The 100 million mark comes as many parts of the world are struggling to contain emerging new variants of the virus including the more transmissible ones from the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil.