The number of infected with the coronavirus in the world has exceeded 1.5 million people
Overall prevalence of coronavirus infection in the world has exceeded 1.5 million people. About this show data from the American Johns Hopkins University that monitors the spread of the disease online.
At the time of writing the news the total number of infected was 1 502 618 people. This figure includes 339 775 people who have recovered, and 89 915 deaths from infection.
Nearly one-third of the global number of cases falls on the United States – the country confirmed infected with 432 thousand (including recovered 24 thousand and 14 thousand people).
More than half of cases (55%) falls on four countries: USA, Spain (152 million), Italy (139 thousand) and Germany (113 thousand).
From 10 to 100 thousand cases registered in 14 countries: France (of 83.1 million), China (82,9 million), Iran (66,2 thousand), United Kingdom (61,4 million), Turkey (38,2 thousand), Belgium (24.9 per thousand), Switzerland (23.6 per thousand), the Netherlands (21.8 thousand), Canada (19,2 million), Brazil (16.2 thousand), Portugal (13.9 thousand), Austria (13.1 thousand), South Korea (10.4 thousand) and Russia (10.1 thousand).
Thus, these 18 countries accounted for more than 1.3 million (over 86%) of all registered cases of coronavirus in 184 independent States and dependent territories.
Flash coronavirus infection COVID-19 began in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan. March 11, 2020, the who announced the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.