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WHO says coronavirus cases top 100,000

WHO announced the global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 100 000, a grim milestone requiring leaders to "step forward" and save lives.

An electron microscope image of 2019-nCoV, in yellow, the virus that causes COVID-19
An electron microscope image of 2019-nCoV, in yellow, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a U.S. patient (AN/NIAID-RML)

GENEVA (AN) — The World Health Organization announced on Saturday that the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 100 000, a grim milestone it said now requires leaders everywhere to "step forward" and save lives.

The latest figures from the U.N. health agency show 101,927 confirmed cases globally, including 80,813 in China, where it was first detected in late December, and 21,110 outside of China. There have been nearly 3,500 deaths attributed to COVID-19: 3,073 in China, and 413 outside of China.

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