More than 1 million people around the world have recovered from the coronavirus

• As of early Friday, Worldometers and Johns Hopkins University, two leading coronavirus trackers, had recorded more than one million recoveries around the world.
• Despite the recoveries, there remain more than 2 million active coronavirus cases. Most of those cases are mild.
• More than 233,000 people around the world have also died after contracting the COVID-19 disease.
• Some recovered patients have a residual cough or fatigue even after major symptoms disappear — and, in a few cases, damaged lungs.
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More than one million people around the world have now recovered from the novel coronavirus, according to two trackers.

As of Friday morning, Worldometer tracked 1,048,430 recoveries, while Johns Hopkins University recorded 1,1015,183.

The two trackers use different sources and report at different times, which leads to a discrepancy in numbers.

Despite the recoveries, there remain more than 2 million active coronavirus cases — meaning people who tested positive for the COVID-19 disease are still fighting it — according to both trackers. Most of the cases around the world are mild.

More than 233,000 people have also died after contracting the disease.

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Here's how the most affected countries in the world fared, according to Worldometers. The total number of cases include those who have recovered and died.

• US: 1 million total cases; 63,800 deaths; 156,000 recovered.
• Spain: 240,000 total cases; 24,500 deaths; 138,000 recovered.
• Italy: 205,000 total cases; 27,900 deaths; 76,000 recovered.

China — where the outbreak was first recorded — recorded 82,800 cases, 4,600 deaths, and 77,600 recoveries.

Recovered COVID-19 patients have been recorded to have a residual cough or fatigue even after major symptoms disappear — and, in some cases, reduced lung function. Here's everything we know about recovering from the disease.