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.

Confirmed Cases

World 2,897,883

US 939,053

Spain 223,759

Italy 195,351

France 161,644

Germany 156,513

Britain 149,569

Turkey 107,773

Iran 89,328

Russia 74,588

China 84,338. - Data from Xinhua/Asian News Network