The Covid-19 cases have crossed one million globally, with the pandemic being responsible for more than 52,000 deaths so far.
SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19, was unknown to the world until three months ago. The virus emerged in China in December 2019, and has been rapidly spreading across the world since then.
Currently, coronavirus has affected more than 205 countries globally. The first 100,000 global cases were reported in approximately 55 days and the first 500,000 in 76 days, noted Reuters.
A million was reached after the cases doubled over the past week. Currently, the US is the worst-hit country with the highest number of cases – at 245,200, according to data from John Hopkins University.