Global COVID-19 Cases Reach 2 Million

The number of coronavirus cases across the globe has reached 2 million and more than 124,000 have died in the most serious pandemic of the past century.

The U.S. has become the epicenter of the pandemic with more than 610,000 confirmed novel coronavirus cases with a death toll of over 26,000, according to Worldometer.

Spain and Italy have reported about 174,000 and 162,000 cases respectively. The death toll in Spain is currently at over 18,000 relatively lower than Italy’s 21,000.

Vaccine study advances

Chinese scientists have started the second phase of a clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province. China’s Central Television reported 273 out of 500 volunteers have been injected with the vaccine candidate.

The first phase of the vaccine clinical trial focused on its safety, while the second phase studies its efficacy.

China reported 46 new virus cases