The world's confirmed tally of coronavirus cases now sits at more than two million.
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The Johns Hopkins University's interactive, web-based dashboard clicked over two million in the early hours of April 16 in Australia. Just 13 days ago that number was one million.
In the ACT, there has been just one recorded case of coronavirus in Canberra in the past five days. Of 103 total cases, 77 have recovered from COVID-19, two are in hospital and the remainder are in self-isolation at home.
Numbers are slowing nationally in Australia, too.
However, the death toll from coronavirus in the ACT has risen to three, after a woman in her 60s died at Canberra Hospital. The woman had contracted the virus on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship.
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