Shafaq News / More than 17 million new cases of COVID-19 have been officially registered around the world. More than half of them are in three countries, a census made by AFP said, according to official sources, on Thursday, at 7:00 GMT.

17,022,877 cases, including 666,586 fatalities. The United States, which is the most affected country by the pandemic registered 4,426,982 cases, including 150,713 fatalities, while Brazil recorded 255,265 cases, including 90134 deaths. India registered 1583792 cases, 34,968 of them passed away.

The pandemic continues to spread at a rapid pace in the world with the registration of an additional million cases in four days.