Detail of the hands a health worker during a test for patients suspected of being infected with for the coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Center Health Teixeira de Freitas on April 17, 2020 in Niteroi, Brazil. (Photo by Luis Alvarenga/Getty Images/Getty The number of people who’ve died from the novel coronavirus passed the 150,000 mark on April 17, according to the most recent data collected by Johns Hopkins University.The global death toll crossed that threshold the same day that Wuhan — the Chinese city where the virus first appeared late last year — announced its death toll is actually 50% higher than initially reported, according to the Associated Press.