The number of confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus in the world has exceeded 270 million, deaths have already exceeded 5.31 million, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
As of 19:02 Moscow time, WHO received information about 270 million 31 thousand 622 infected and 5 million 310 thousand 502 deaths. During the day, those infected with covid increased by 395 thousand 564, deaths – plus 5 thousand 312.
Recall that WHO statistics takes into account only officially confirmed information about those infected and the deaths provided by states. The 260 million mark was passed on November 29, 250 million on November 9, and 200 million on August 5.
Most of the confirmed cases of infection, the data on which came to WHO, were registered in the United States – 49 million 629 thousand 855, followed by India (34 million 703 thousand), Brazil (22 million 167 thousand), Great Britain (10 million 873 thousand .), Russia (10 million 74 thousand). The number of deaths is highest in the United States, almost 791 thousand, followed by Brazil (616 thousand) and India (475 thousand). Russia occupies a crumpled place (291 thousand).
Source: Rosbalt
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