Covid cases hit 100m globally with more than quarter of all cases in the US

The coronavirus has infected more than 100 million people worldwide about 13 months after the novel virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Although the United States only makes up just over 4 per cent of the world’s population, the country accounts for more than 25 million of the confirmed cases. India has reported the second-highest number of Covid -19 cases with 10.6 confirmed infections. Brazil then follows with 8.8 million confirmed infections.

The grim milestone comes at a time when the world surpassed two million deaths from Covid-19 on 15 January. In the US, more than 423,000 Americans have died from the novel virus.