South Africa is poised to join the top five countries most affected by the coronavirus, while breathtaking numbers around the world are a reminder a return to normal life is still far from sight.
Confirmed virus cases worldwide have topped 14 million and deaths have surpassed 600,000, according to Johns Hopkins University data. That's a day after the World Health Organization reported a single-day record of new infections at over 237,000.
Death tolls in the United States are reaching new highs, and India's infections are over 1 million. In Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected.
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