All-time Coronavirus Cases Have Surpassed 30 Million, Doubling In The Past 2 Months

People waiting to be tested for the coronavirus in Spain. Reuters The number of reported coronavirus cases worldwide passed 30 million in the early hours of Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker. More than half of the 30,175,496 known cases as of Friday morning were recorded in the US, India, Brazil, and Russia. The figure has doubled in just under two months; the global case count reached 15 million on July 22. Almost a million deaths from the virus have been recorded. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The number of coronavirus cases reported worldwide passed 30 million in the early hours of Friday.The figure has doubled in about two months after reaching 15 million on July 22.In total, the new virus first identified in Wuhan, China, late last year had infected at least 30,175,496 people as of Friday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker.That figure represents all-time cases, and many of those infected will have since recovered.