The world passes 20 million coronavirus cases and nears 750,000 deaths five months after the pandemic was declared, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University
Case numbers have soared exponentially since the first were reported in China in December. The world recorded one million cases more than three months later, on April 2. The tally hit 10 million cases less than three months after that, on June 28, and it has taken just six weeks to double.The seven-day average for new daily cases has been above a quarter of a million for two weeks.
Daily figures have reached levels not seen since before it ended its state of emergency on June 21, with the country reporting more than 314,000 cases and 28,000 deaths in total.France's top scientists warned last week that its situation is"fragile" and could"change course at any time to a less controlled scenario like in Spain for example." Paris has introduced compulsory mask-wearing in outdoor areas as national daily cases reached 3,897 Friday -- the highest since May.
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