There are now more than 16 million known coronavirus cases worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, and 644,528 recorded deaths.

Iran Press/ America: There are currently 16,046,986 confirmed cases worldwide.

Here are the ten countries with the highest numbers of cases:

US: 4,178,021

Brazil: 2,394,513

India: 1,385,635

Russia: 805,332

South Africa: 434,200

Mexico: 385,036

Peru: 375,961

Chile: 343,592

United Kingdom: 300,270

 Iran: 288,839

On Saturday the World Health Organisation warned that cases have been growing at around 1m per week for the last few weeks.

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