Cases. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world and happy mothers day, moms. Im natalie allen, and this is cnn newsroom. Thank you so much for joining us. Unfortunately, we begin with another staggering number. What began as a handful of coronavirus cases last december in china has now infected more than 4 Million People around the world and killed almost 280,000. It was just five weeks ago that the 1 million milestone was reached. Data from Johns Hopkins University Show the number of confirmed infections worldwide has been growing by 1 million cases every 12 days or so. Yet more and more countries are looking to end their long lockdowns. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will unveil his plan for the uk in the coming hours. Johns hopkins has tracked 1. 3 million cases in the u. S. Alone accounting for onethird of the global total. The virus has even made it into the Trump White House now and potentially sideli