Coronavirus pandemic is gaining speed and the total number of confirmed cases exceeded 770,00, heading to reaching 1 million. More than 50,000 cases were confirmed during the last day, while the deaths within the 24-hour period are 3,000 and the total number of fatalities reached 36,938.

The US is the country with highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases. The country reported almost 14,000 new infections during the last 24 hours and thus the total number reached 156,690. The death toll is the country is already 2,870. The country is seriously hit and just for a few days reported a sharp increase in new cases and deaths from the disease.

Earlier in the day, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he believed between 100,000 and 200,000 people would die from the virus in the US.

“We’re going to have millions of cases”, Fauci told, adding that the number was “a moving target”. He later said it was a “wise and prudent decision” to extend the guidelines until the end of April. Donald Trump said that he had seen a study showing that 2.2 million Americans could have died if his administration hadn’t restricted travel from China in January.

“If we can reduce the number of deaths up to 100-200 thousand people, it means we did a good job”, said US President.

Italy is the hardest-hit country by the coronavirus. The country exceeded 100,000 cases and already has 101,739 confirmed infections. The death toll in the country had reached 11,591, reporting another 812 casualties today only.

Spain has 5,085 news cases to total 85,195 infections with a total death toll of 7,340.

China has 81,470 cases with 3,304 deaths, while Germany has 63,929 cases and 560 deaths.