More than 100,000 people have recovered from coronavirus across the globe

More than 100,000 people around the world have recovered from the novel coronavirus, new data shows.

Since the outbreak began in December 2019, more than one-quarter of the 372,000 sickened people have recovered, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

In China, more than 81,000 cases have been confirmed and 72,819 have recovered – more than 90 percent.

The achievement offers some hope as the US and several countries in Europe prepare for an increased in infections, deaths and lockdowns. 

Of the approximately 372,000 confirmed cases reported around the world, more than 100,000 people have recovered from coronavirus. Pictured: Geneva Wood, 90 who was infected with COVID-19 at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington has recovered according to her family

In China, more than 81,000 cases have been reported and 72,819 have recovered - more than 90 percent. Pictured: A medical worker speaks with patients at a COVID-19 testing station at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, March 23

In China, more than 81,000 cases have been reported and 72,819 have recovered – more than 90 percent. Pictured: A medical worker speaks with patients at a COVID-19 testing station at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, March 23

About 35 percent of people have recovered in South Korea and the country reported just 64 new cases on Sunday, its lowest number in four weeks. Pictured: Members of Joint Task Force 2, arrive to sanitize and disinfect the Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, March 23

About 35 percent of people have recovered in South Korea and the country reported just 64 new cases on Sunday, its lowest number in four weeks. Pictured: Members of Joint Task Force 2, arrive to sanitize and disinfect the Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, March 23

Among the more than 100,000 who have recovered are nearly 60,000 in China’s Hubei province, where Wuhan is located – the city where the outbreak began. 

There have been no new cases in Hubei for at least four days straight and no locally transmitted cases within the whole country.

Authorities say the 46 new cases confirmed in China on Saturday are from people who entered from different countries. 

Meanwhile in South Korea, the country in Asia with the third most number of infection, the tide appears to have turned.

Out of nearly 9,000 cases, 3,166 – about 35 percent – have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins.

On Sunday, South Korea reported 64 new cases, its lowest number in four weeks when infections in the country peaked. 

This is also the twelfth consecutive day that the country had reported less than 100 new cases, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control.

One of the reasons for this downward trend is likely because the South Korean government has been very aggressive when it comes to testing.

Up to 20,000 people were tested every day for the virus, more people per capita than anywhere else in the world.

There are even some signs that the outbreak is improving in Italy, which has the second highest number of cases in the world. 

On Monday, the number of recoveries surpassed the number of deaths.

According to Johns Hopkins, the European country – which has become the new epicenter of the outbreak – had reported more than 63,000 cases.

Of that number 6,077 people have died, but 7,422 have recovered.

However, health experts warn that the number of infections in Italy will continue to rise, and that it is poised to overtake China soon.

The same is true for the US. More than 41,000 people have been infected and 576 people have died.

Meanwhile only about 187 people have recovered, showing that America has a long way to go before the tide turns. 

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