Live updates: Global COVID-19 cases exceed 72 million

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Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide have exceeded 72 million, with over 1.6 million fatalities and more than 47 million recoveries, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.

The Chinese mainlandon Sunday recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases, including two locally transmitted cases in Heilongjiang Province.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.has surpassed 16 million and the death toll nears 300,000. The U.S. public will start receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Monday.President Donald Trump and other top U.S. officials will also be offered the vaccine, reported Reuters citing source.

(CGTN)