The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the world as of Thursday morning reached 598 million 527 thousand 703, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University.
Since the beginning of the spread of the virus in the world, 6 million 461 thousand 600 people have died from the consequences of infection with COVID-19.
Countries with more than 20 million infections include the US, India, Brazil, France, Germany, the UK, Italy and South Korea.
The number of infected and those who died from the consequences of infection, respectively, amounted to:
USA – 93 million 903 thousand 884 and 1 million 42 thousand 398.
India – 44 million 378 thousand 920 and 527 thousand 488.
Brazil – 34 million 329 thousand 600 and 683 thousand 76.
France 34 million 624 thousand 825 and 154 thousand 802.
Germany – 31 million 921 thousand 578 and 146 thousand 797.
Great Britain – 23 million 708 thousand 466 and 188 thousand 475.
Italy – 21 million 721 thousand 630 and 175 thousand 43.
South Korea – 22 million 701 thousand 921 and 26 thousand 332.
According to the portal Worldometers, which specializes in statistics on major world events, the death rate per 1 million people on the planet as of Thursday morning was 831.4. In India, 374 people died per 1 million inhabitants, Brazil – 3 thousand 166, France – 2 thousand 345, Germany – 1 thousand 742, Great Britain – 2 thousand 735, Italy – 2 thousand 904, South Korea – 513. No data available for the USA.
During the pandemic, 12 billion 84 million 421 thousand 164 injections of vaccines against COVID-19 were made in the world.
