Immediately after 3 p.m. GMT, the number of cumulative confirmed cases in Europe alone exceeded 6 million, according to AFP statistics.
After the first outbreak in January, the cumulative confirmed cases were 6,940 and the death toll was 23,7,716.
The country that was hit hardest was Russia, with 12,48,619 confirmed cases and 21,865 deaths.
Spain followed by 825,000 confirmed cases and 32,486 deaths, followed by France with 669,000 confirmed cases and 32,365 deaths.