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Global coronavirus caseload tops 215.6 million
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More than 215.6 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 4,663,665 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.