Coronavirus cases outside China exceeds those in the country for the first time: JHU

The total number of coronavirus cases recorded outside China has surpassed the number in the country, according to live tracking from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

As of Monday morning, a total of 167,457 cases were detected globally, with 81,015 from China and 86,442 recorded outside China.

The hardest-hit nations include Italy, Iran, South Korea and Spain.

According to a latest World Health Organization report, the numbers of cases in China were 81,048 and cases from the rest of the world numbered 72,469. But the data WHO collected was as of 10 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Sunday.