WASHINGTON - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world topped 60 million on Wednesday, as the number of new infections in the U.S.
alone hits new records heading into the holidays and flu season.Globally, more than 60,101,000 virus cases have been reported, while 1.4 million deaths have been blamed on the virus, data compiled Nov.
25 by Johns Hopkins University shows.The U.S. leads the world in confirmed cases with over 12.6 million and its death toll at 260,000, the data shows.