COVID-19 Cases Worldwide Pass 18 Million: AFP Tally

The number of coronavirus cases reported worldwide has risen by 18 million, according to the latest AFP report from 2240 GMT Sunday.

At least 18,011,763 cases have now been identified as the pandemic pace of infection continues to increase. A million more cases have been found in only the last four days.

More than half of the world 's cases have been registered in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The United States is the worst-hit nation with 4,657,693 incidents, with 154,793 deaths, led by Mexico, with 2,733,677 and 94,104 deaths.

The third worst-hit country is India, with 1,750,723 cases and 37,364 deaths.

Worldwide, there have been 687,941 deaths.

The talllies, using details obtained by AFP from regional authorities and knowledge from the World Health Organisation (WHO), are actually just a fraction of the actual number of infections.

Many countries are only testing symptomatic or the most serious cases.