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This came out on Monday night (local time) from data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. More than 33.2 million infections have been detected. Experts take on a large number of unreported cases. About a fifth of all recorded deaths occur in the United States, where more than 205,000 people have died.
More than 142,000 people have died in Brazil and more than 95,000 in India. In Austria there are 774 people.
The death toll in the United States, where about 330 million people live, is the highest in the world to date in absolute terms. However, in relation to the number of inhabitants, the number of deaths is higher in some European countries. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, about 63 people per 100,000 people died in the United States, and this figure is slightly higher in the United Kingdom. In Spain there are 67 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, in Germany 11.
The Hopkins University website it is regularly updated with incoming data and therefore shows a level higher than the official figures of the World Health Organization (WHO). In some cases, however, the figures have recently been revised downward again.
The WHO recorded more than 996,000 deaths and some 33 million known infections as of Monday. The coronavirus pandemic started in China at the beginning of the year. The new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can trigger Covid-19 disease, which can be fatal, especially in elderly or immunosuppressed patients.
“Agonizing milestone”
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, has described the number of more than one million people who have died after being infected with the coronavirus as an “egregious milestone.” “It’s a deafening number,” Guterres said, according to a statement Tuesday night in New York. “However, we must never lose sight of the lives of individuals: they were fathers, mothers, wives, husbands, brothers, sisters, friends and colleagues.”
Guterres called on people around the world to continue to abide by the rules of distance and hygiene and to wear masks. “We can overcome this challenge.” This requires responsible leadership, science, and global collaboration.
