Almost 2.9 million confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide on April 26 midday


A medical officer showing her colleague seven fingers indicating seven person in a house as they were going from house to house and asking the residents at Jalan 7 of Selayang Baru area to attend a Covid-19 screen test as the place was put under Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday (April 26).

BEIJING: The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0500 GMT, Sunday (April 26). Worldwide confirmed cases are standing at almost 2.9 million with US set to become the first country in the world with one million cases.

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