Washington, Dec 17,2020: The worldwide number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 74 million, Johns Hopkins University says.
The exact number of the coronavirus cases stood at 74,087,090 as of 23:45 GMT on Wednesday. More than 1.64 million people have died of the disease, the university added.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. The biggest number of cases so far have been registered in the United States, India and Brazil.
