It took around 75 days for the first 500,000 cases to be reported, and just six days for the most recent half million to be registered Global coronavirus infections surpassed 2.5 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with U.S.
cases nearing 800,000. The figure includes more than 170,000 deaths, two-thirds of which have been reported in Europe. It took around 75 days for the first 500,000 cases to be reported, and just six days for the most recent half million to be registered.
The first 41 cases were confirmed on Jan. 10, just over three months ago, and new cases have accelerated to over 70,000 a day in April.