The number of people infected with the new coronavirus infection across the globe exceeded 1,340,000 as nearly 75,000 have lost their lives and 277,400 others have recovered based on the latest survey by John Hopkins University.

The United States leads all the 213 countries and territories affected by the highly contagious virus across the world with 368,196 confirmed infections. Italy remains the country with the highest death toll, which now stands at 16,523. And China — where the virus first emerged late last year — has reported no deaths from the virus for the first time since it began releasing daily data in January.

(This item is updated as new information is received.)