We’re close to 15 million casesThe world is a whisker away from hitting 15 million covid-19 cases. On Wednesday, the global count stood at 14.97 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, and deaths at 617,410.
India’s cases have crossed one million; the death toll has crossed Spain’s and is now the seventh highest. Hong Kong, Japan and Australia, which had said they contained the spread, are seeing record numbers of new cases.
Europe is also reporting fresh outbreaks, especially Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania and Montenegro. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has had another positive result for the virus in his third test since falling ill on 7 July.