Coronavirus latest: confirmed cases cross the one-million mark

Coronavirus latest: confirmed cases cross the one-million mark

Updates on the respiratory illness that has infected more than one million people and killed tens of thousands.

Here’s the latest news on the pandemic.

2 April 21:00 GMT — COVID-19 cases cross the one-million mark

More than one million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed as of 2 April, according to data compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. But in much of the world, people exhibiting mild or no symptoms are unable to get tested, meaning that the true number of cases could be much higher.