Over 1 Million Infected with Coronavirus Worldwide

The worldwide tally of those infected of the Coronavirus has topped 1 million cases on Thursday, a staggering number in such a short period of time.

Researchers at John Hopkins University announced the number on Thursday, noting that the United States has the highest among countries, with over 236,000 confirmed cases.

Italy, which is in second place has less than half of that, with 115,242 confirmed cases. Spain is a close third with 110,238 cases.

New York leads the country with 92,381 confirmed cases, no other State is even close. A distant second is New Jersey at 25,590 followed by California with 10,030 confirmed cases. No other State has reached 5 digit numbers as of the latest count.

New York is also the only American State with 4-digit deaths, as of Thursday there have been 2,373 deaths related to COVID-19.