Cases of the ongoing novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic have continued to rise since last week and reached a million now.
According to Worldometers, 79,711 new cases were reported on Friday taking the total number of Covid-19 cases across the world to 1,015,728.
The number is 2,840 higher than that of the previous day, which was 76,871.
A week ago, on March 27, the number of new cases worldwide was 64,501 and a week before that on March 20 it was 30,648.
Till now, the number of active cases stands at 749,534.
Of the active case 711,881 (95%) were identified to be in mild condition while the rest 37,653 (5%) have been marked as serious or critical.
At the same time, 212,991 (80%) people from across the world have recovered fully from the infection or were discharged from treatment.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 53,203 lives since its discovery in December 2019.
In January, China effectively shut down Wuhan and placed its 11 million residents in effective quarantine after the novel coronavirus infection turned into outbreak.
The virus is thought to have emerged late last year in a Wuhan market illegally trading wildlife. It can cause pneumonia, respiratory diseases, among others, and spreads between people in droplets from coughs and sneezes.
Till now, coronavirus or Covid-19 has affected 204 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances -- the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan, and the Holland America's MS Zaandam cruise ship.