MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th May, 2020) Over 90,000 coronavirus infection cases have been confirmed worldwide over the past 24 hours, and more than 5,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the given period, the World Health Organization said.
The global case count has increased by 90,269 to a cumulative total of 4,338,658 cases, according to the latest situation report.
The death toll has increased by 5,073 in the 24-hour period to late Friday, taking the total to 297,119 fatalities.
The plurality of cases � over 1.86 million � remain concentrated in North and Central America. The United States continues being the country with the highest single count of cases (1.36 million) and fatalities (82,119).
