Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 exceeds 2 million: WHO

The global total of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the World Health Organization has exceeded the 2 million mark as of Friday.

According to the latest figures of the WHO Health Emergency Dashboard, updated at 10am CET (0800 GMT), there have been 2,034,477 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 133,873 deaths worldwide reported to the global health watchdog.

The United States has reported 632,781 confirmed cases with 28,221 deaths to the United Nations specialized agency, being the hardest hit country.

In Spain and Italy, the second and third worst hit countries, there have been 177,633 and 165,155 cases confirmed respectively, with a death toll of 18,579 and 21,647.

They are followed by Germany, with 130,450 confirmed cases and 3,569 deaths, and France, with 105,155 cases and 17,146 deaths.