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Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 502.2 million, death toll at 6,592,734
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
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Officials and workers, wearing protective gear, work in an area where barriers are being placed to close off streets around a locked down neighbourhood after the detection of new cases of COVID-19 in Shanghai on March 15, 2022. (AFP/Hector Retamal)
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ore than 502.2 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 6,592,734 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
Meanwhile, mainland China reported 23,460 new coronavirus cases on April 17, of which 2,742 were symptomatic and 20,718 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
That compares with 26,155 new cases a day earlier - 3,529 symptomatic and 22,626 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
There were 3 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 4,641.
As of April 17, mainland China had confirmed 185,035 cases.
