Updated On: 28 September, 2020 09:09 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the global coronavirus death toll could cross the two-million figure before an effective vaccine is widely used

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The number of COVID-19 cases have surged to more than 32.4 million or 0.4 per cent of the Earth's total population - meaning nearly every 250th person has already contracted coronavirus.
The current world population is 7.8 billion (as of September 2020), according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer.