Breaking: COVID-19 cases exceed 700,000 globally -- Johns Hopkins University

Medical personnel work in the ICU of Istituto Clinico Casalpalocco, in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases has exceeded 700,000 globally, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering on Sunday.  ■