Global coronavirus cases top 20 million as deadly disease is still accelerating

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The number of coronavirus infections worldwide has passed 20 million - and the disease is still accelerating. The world reached the grim milestone today according to a John Hopkins University case tracker.

It took almost six months to reach 10 million cases after the first infection was reported in Wuhan, China, in early January, but just 43 days to double that tally to 20 million.

The United Kingdom is among the countries leading the surge as Covid-19 case numbers are now back over 1,000 a day. The US has passed 5 million total cases, and Brazil has become a virus world epicentre with more than 100,000 deaths.

While lockdowns have been easing in the UK for weeks, health leaders have been warning Britain could follow Europe into a second

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