The confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide have surged past the 2 million-mark. As per the latest figures, 2,000,065 people worldwide are infected with the virus while over 125,000 have succumbed to the illness.
The United States of America continues to be the worst impacted country in the world with over 600,000 cases and over 26,000 deaths followed by some of the major European countries like Spain, Italy, France, Germany and UK.
While the first million coronavirus infections took over 3 months (December 31 to April 2), the second million has been taken just 13 days.
Most of the countries across the world have extended their lockdown periods in lieu of the increasing cases and death tolls.
Top 10 countries worst impacted by coronavirus
Country,
Other |
Total
Cases |
New
Cases |
Total
Deaths |
New
Deaths |
Total
Recovered |
Active
Cases |
Serious,
Critical |
Tot Cases/
1M pop |
Deaths/
1M pop |
Total
Tests |
Tests/
1M pop |
| World |
2,000,065 |
+2,205 |
126,754 |
+155 |
484,597 |
1,388,714 |
51,603 |
257 |
16.3 |
|
|
| USA |
614,246 |
+360 |
26,064 |
+17 |
38,820 |
549,362 |
13,473 |
1,856 |
79 |
3,100,387 |
9,367 |
| Spain |
174,060 |
|
18,255 |
|
67,504 |
88,301 |
7,371 |
3,723 |
390 |
600,000 |
12,833 |
| Italy |
162,488 |
|
21,067 |
|
37,130 |
104,291 |
3,186 |
2,687 |
348 |
1,073,689 |
17,758 |
| France |
143,303 |
|
15,729 |
|
28,805 |
98,769 |
6,730 |
2,195 |
241 |
333,807 |
5,114 |
| Germany |
132,210 |
|
3,495 |
|
72,600 |
56,115 |
4,288 |
1,578 |
42 |
1,317,887 |
15,730 |
| UK |
93,873 |
|
12,107 |
|
N/A |
81,422 |
1,559 |
1,383 |
178 |
382,650 |
5,637 |
| China |
82,295 |
+46 |
3,342 |
+1 |
77,816 |
1,137 |
113 |
57 |
2 |
|
|
| Iran |
74,877 |
|
4,683 |
|
48,129 |
22,065 |
3,691 |
891 |
56 |
287,359 |
3,421 |
| Turkey |
65,111 |
|
1,403 |
|
4,799 |
58,909 |
1,809 |
772 |
17 |
443,626 |
5,260 |
| Belgium |
31,119 |
|
4,157 |
|
6,868 |
20,094 |
1,223 |
2,685 |
359 |
102,151 |
8,814 |
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