coronavirus cases worldwide hit seven million, that number surpassed the eight-million mark Monday.It’s the fastest pace that a million new cases have been recorded since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to public health data tracked and compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
As of Monday evening, cases stood at over 8.03 million, with more than 435,000 deaths.The rapid surge in cases suggests that while some countries have gotten a hold of their outbreaks, others — particularly in Latin America and parts of Asia — are only getting worse.
It took just over a week for cases to jump from six million to seven million, the data shows. That six-million mark was reached 10 days after the world surpassed five million infections.Researchers.