More than 100,000 people around the world have recovered from the novel coronavirus, new data shows.

Since the outbreak began in December 2019, more than one-quarter of the 372,000 sickened people have recovered, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Of the approximately 372,000 confirmed cases reported around the world, more than 100,000 people have recovered from coronavirus

In China, more than 81,000 cases have been reported and 72,819 have recovered - more than 90 percent

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About 35 percent of people have recovered in South Korea and the country reported just 64 new cases on Sunday, its lowest number in four weeks

But in the US, just 187 of more than 41,000 sickened people have recovered from their illnesses

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In China, more than 81,000 cases have been confirmed and 72,819 have recovered - more than 90 percent.

The achievement offers some hope as the US and several countries in Europe prepare for an increased in infections, deaths and lockdowns. 

Among the more than 100,000 who have recovered are nearly 60,000 in China's Hubei province, where Wuhan is located - the city where the outbreak began. 

There have been no new cases in Hubei for at least four days straight and no locally transmitted cases within the whole country.

Authorities say the 46 new cases confirmed in China on Saturday are from people who entered from different countries. 

Meanwhile in South Korea, the country in Asia with the third most number of infection, the tide appears to have turned.

Out of nearly 9,000 cases, 3,166 - about 35 percent - have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins.

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