Coronavirus positive cases near 3-million mark globally; death toll at 206,973

The total number of cases of coronavirus globally has surpassed 2.9 million cases on Monday. Meanwhile, 206,973 people have lost their lives due to the deadly virus. According to John Hopkins University, the US has recorded 1,330 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the country is more than 9,87,000. The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 26,644 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 197,675 as of Sunday, according to latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department. A total of 260 people died from the disease caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the lowest one-day death toll since March 15, Xinhua news agency reported.

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