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Worldwide COVID-19 cases cross 229.54 million
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Over 229.54 million people have been reported to be infected by COVID-19 globally and 4,911,657 have died, according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.