{"id":14119,"date":"2020-04-20T12:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T07:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=14119"},"modified":"2020-04-20T12:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T07:56:20","slug":"global-corona-virus-cases-top-2-4m-death-toll-approaches-166000-with-nearly-624000-recoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/14119","title":{"rendered":"Global corona virus cases top 2.4M death toll approaches 166,000 with nearly 624000 recoveries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of novel coronavirus cases worldwide passed 2.4 million late Sunday, according to a running tally by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.<\/span><\/p>\n

The university’s data showed the number of deaths has reached 165,044 while 623,911 have fully recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

A total of 2,401,379 confirmed cases have been recorded worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. continues to be the worst hit with the highest number of infections and deaths at more than 759,000 and nearly 41,000, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

Italy has the second-highest death toll at 23,660 while Spain has the second highest number of cases at 198,674.<\/span><\/p>\n

The virus has spread to 185 countries and regions since it first emerged in Wuhan, China in December.<\/span><\/p>\n

The coronavirus primarily attacks the lungs and respiratory system. Most people who become infected exhibit moderate symptoms, but it can be especially fatal for the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions like hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and asthma.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several efforts are being made to develop a vaccine, but most experts believe the milestone will not be crossed for at least another year and possibly up to 18 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the rising number of cases, most people who contract the virus suffer mild symptoms before making a recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The number of novel coronavirus cases worldwide passed 2.4 million late Sunday, according to a running tally by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data showed the number of deaths has reached 165,044 while 623,911 have fully recovered. A total of 2,401,379 confirmed cases have been recorded worldwide. The U.S. continues to be the worst […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14122,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14119\/revisions\/14122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}