The coronavirus has now infected more than one million people, according to numbers maintained by Bing.
The virus, which was first detected in December last year, has swept around the globe and caused economies and health systems to be pushed to the brink.
Covid-19 is now also responsible for more than 51,000 deaths.
More than 208,000 people have recovered from the virus, however it is a long road for the many others who aren't yet cleared.
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It took around 55 days for the number of cases to hit 100,000. The tally reached 500,000 in 76 days. Then it took just eight more days for the number of infected patients to double to one million, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
The United States continues to lead the world with the number of cases, at 239,000, however Italy has the highest number of deaths, with more than 13,900. Spain isn't far behind with 10,000 deaths.
More than 100 confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in 117 countries. Fifty countries have more than 1,000 cases and only seven have registered more than 50,000.
The US, Italy, Spain and Germany all now have more confirmed infected cases than China, where the virus is believed to have started.
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Spanish officials were hoping they had start to see the virus peak in the country.
Health Minister Salvador Illa told parliament: "There's light at the end of the tunnel. A glimpse of hope: the curve has stabilised.
"We have reached...the peak of the curve and we have started the slowdown phase."
The United Kingdom continues to experience large jumps in the number of people killed from the virus as well.
The death toll has now reached 2,921, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed. This figure is up by 569 from 2,352 the day before.
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Yesterday (April 2), a total of 163,194 people have been tested - of which 33,718 tested positive.
The government say testing people for the virus is now the 'top priority'.
Speaking during the daily press briefing, Business Secretary Alok Sharma said ramping up the number of tests was vital in combating the epidemic, adding that the aim was to reach 25,000 tests a day.
These large spikes in deaths has caused the fatality rate of the coronavirus to be pushed up to around 5 per cent.
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