Spain, France Exceed 1 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Each

A waiter closes a bar terrace in Paris earlier this month amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

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Spain and France each surpassed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases this week as Europe battles outbreaks and record numbers throughout the continent.

Spain surpassed 1 million confirmed cases on Wednesday and is reporting 1,005,295 cases as of Thursday evening local time, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

It became the sixth nation worldwide to report 1 million cases, following the U.S., India, Brazil, Russia and Argentina.