The global COVID-19 total passed 5 million today, with daily cases in Brazil starting to reach levels seen in the United States and Doctors Without Borders sounding an alarm about catastrophic spread of the novel coronavirus in Yemen.It took 12 days for the pandemic total to rise from 4 million to 5 million, the same as it took for illnesses to jump from 3 million to 4 million.
The global total is now at 5,047,377 cases, and 329,816 people have died from their infections, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.As Brazil cases rise, US considers travel banBrazil, which earlier this week became the world's third hardest-hit nation, behind the United States and Russia, reported a daily high of 21,472 cases yesterday, similar to the US