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Moscow/Sputnik: The worldwide number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 19 million, Johns Hopkins University says.
The exact number of the coronavirus cases stood at 19,007,938 as of 02:00 GMT on Friday.
More than 713,000 people have died of the disease, the university added.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11.
The biggest number of cases so far have been registered in the United States, Brazil and India.