FILE PHOTO: Relatives pray before the cremation of a woman, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
(Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases exceeded 12 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as evidence mounts of the airborne spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months.
The number of cases is triple that of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health Organization.
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