Five million cases of coronavirus have now been recorded around the world, just over five months after the virus first emerged.
The milestone comes as many countries begin to ease restrictions on populations which have been locked down for months.
The disease, which emerged in China in late 2019, is known to have caused more than 325,000 deaths to date.
The United States has recorded the highest number of cases anywhere in the world with more than 1.5 million. Worldometer, the tracking service, uses the latest data from health ministries around the world in real time to provide global and national figures charting the impact of the virus.
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