Confirmed cases of COVID-19 exceed 1.5 mln globally: WHO

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases globally has exceeded 1.5 million, reaching 1,521,252, according to latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures on Friday.

While according to the Johns Hopkins University, confirmed cases of COVID-19 have exceeded 1.61 million globally, with the death toll surpassing 97,000.