Global case count climbs over 100 million
The worldwide number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 surpassed 100 million on Tuesday, according to real-time data collected by Johns Hopkins University. The United States accounts for over 25 million of those cases.
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For perspective, only 14 countries in the world have populations over 100 million, according to the latest data from the World Bank Group.
The grim milestone comes just over one year since the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Wuhan, China, on Dec. 31, 2019.
![PHOTO: Medical professionals examine a patient on the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the Klinikum Rechts der Isar hospital in Munich, Germany, Jan. 25, 2021. Germany has recorded over two million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Health/covid-100Million4-02-gty-iwb-210126_1611677497326_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
![PHOTO: A Covid-19 patient lies on his bed during a doctor's visit at his home on the eastern outskirts of Lima, Peru, Jan. 21, 2021, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Health/covid-100Million3-02-gty-iwb-210126_1611677497322_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)