The US now has almost a third of all Covid-19 patients in the world, as the AFP tally states that the global rating tops 1.5 million, while Johns Hopkins University reports 1,485,981 cases.
Clarification: An earlier version of this story reported that, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the global infection figure had surpassed 1.5 million on Wednesday. The center later revised its figure back below this threshold, to 1,485,981 at time of this update.
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