NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Global COVID-19 cases have surpassed 18 million on Sunday, reaching 18,002,567 as of 9:34 p.m. local time (0134 GMT Monday), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
A total of 687,930 people worldwide have died from the disease, the data showed.
The United States has suffered the most from the pandemic, with 4,665,932 cases and 154,841 fatalities, followed by Brazil with 2,733,677 cases and 94,104 deaths, the tally showed.
Countries with more than 400,000 cases also include India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Peru, according to the CSSE.
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