More than 800,000 people worldwide have died from the disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University, a grim milestone that underscores the physical toll the pandemic has taken over the entire world.
The U.S. has reported the most deaths to COVID-19 from any country at more than 175,000, with more than 32,000 of those in New York, nearly 16,000 in New Jersey and nearly 12,000 in California. Other states with high death rates include Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Globally, Brazil follows the US with more than 113,000 dead bound to COVID-19 as of Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins. The South American nation has led every country except the US since June in cases of coronavirus and related deaths.
Other nations that have reported high death tolls in the midst of the pandemic include Mexico at nearly 60,000, India at more than 55,000 and the United Kingdom at nearly 41,500.
China, where the virus originated late last year, has officially reported 89,616 cases and 4,709 deaths from the disease, although U.S. officials have said they think Beijing suffered its total number of cases and deaths.
Although India currently ranks fourth globally in the total number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths, it has recently been hit with a slump in cases, surpassing all other countries in an average of 5 days of new daily cases.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., the number of cases of coronavirus has been ticking recently in a number of states, although it has been at least the last week in areas such as Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois, among others.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that the death toll attributed to pneumonia, flu or COVID-19 was 7.8 percent for the week ending August 15. That is lower than the 12.6 percent of the previous week, but the CDC warned it “remains above the epidemic threshold and will likely increase as more death certificates are processed.”
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