Global coronavirus cases approach two million, doubling in under two weeks.
"While Covid-19 accelerates very fast, it decelerates much more slowly. In other words, the way down is much slower than the way up," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference at the organization's Geneva headquarters on Monday. "That means control measures must be lifted slowly and with control. It cannot happen all at once."
With 581,679 confirmed cases, infections in the U.S. now account for more than 25% of infections globally, according to Hopkins. The virus has infected more than 195,749 people in New York state alone, Hopkins' data shows. U.S. officials and some economists have warned against comparing coronavirus case numbers from country to country due to concerns around reporting methodology. U.S. officials have said the Chinese government is likely under-reporting the number of cases there. Local and state officials in the U.S. have acknowledged that the true number of Covid-19 cases in the country is likely far higher than those that have been confirmed due to testing shortages and restrictions.
Clarification: JHU data briefly displayed a tally above 2 million but as of 9:25 pm ET was displaying 1,918,855 coronavirus cases globally. CNBC has reached out for clarification on the official tally.
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