A total of 367,356 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed.

NEW YORK, May 30 -- Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 6 million on Saturday, reaching 6,003,762 as of 4:32 p.m. (2032 GMT), according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 367,356 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed.

People lounge on the beach in Cocoa Beach, Florida, the United States, on May 28, 2020.(Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

The United States suffered the most from the pandemic, with 1,764,671 cases and a death toll of 103,605. Countries with over 200,000 cases also included Brazil, Russia, Britain, Spain, and Italy, according to the CSSE data.