WASHINGTON The global tally of recoveries from coronavirus exceeded 600,000 on Sunday. According to running data compiled by the USbased Johns Hopkins University, a total of 602,793 recoveries were recorded across the globe, while over 161,330 people have died from the pandemic as hundreds of Americans frustrated by lockdown orders and egged on by President Donald Trump staged protests in several US cities on Saturday late. In total, more than 2.34 million have contracted the disease. The highest number of virus recoveries was registered in Germany with 88,000. China followed Germany with 77,681 recovery cases, while Spain, one of the countries most affected by Covid-19, had 77,357 people regaining health. The US — which currently tops both global fatalities and cases, with 39,090 deaths and 735,287 people testing positive — showed almost 66,819 recoveries. Meanwhile, recoveries in Iran have reached nearly 55,987. The virus has spread to 185 countries and regions since emerging in China late last year. Coronavirus deaths surged past 100,000 in hardest-hit Europe on Saturday As the latest grim data emerged, performers from around the world kicked off an hours-long livestreamed concert aimed at supporting health care workers, and cultivating a sense of community in a time of crisis. The six-hour event, w hich includes A-listers ranging from cellist Yo- Yo Ma to aw a rdw i nning te en singer Billie Eilish to the Rolling Stone s, w as br ought to gether by the adv ocac y gr oup Global Citizen with the Wo rld Heal th Organisation. Europe accounts for a total of 100,510 deaths — nearly tw o-thirds of the 157, 539 fa talities worldwide, according to an AFP tal ly, w hi le ne arly a q uar ter of de aths hav e c ome in the United States.