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UN Secretary General Guterres calls it an “agonizing milestone”: The number of deaths per crown has risen to more than a million worldwide. The majority, more than 205,000, are in the United States. And the numbers keep increasing rapidly.
Since the start of the corona pandemic, more than a million people have died after becoming infected with the virus. That comes from data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
More than 33.2 million infections have been detected. However, the number of unreported cases is likely to be much higher, as in many countries testing for the virus is inadequate or irregular, the number of cases is not reported correctly, or some countries cover the true extent of infections.
Latin America and the Caribbean are the regions of the world most affected by the pandemic: there have been a total of around 341,000 deaths and more than nine million cases of infection. Second is Europe with around 230,000 deaths and around 5.27 million infections. Behind are the US and Canada with a total of approximately 214,000 deaths and 7.26 million infections.
One fifth of all deaths in the US
If you look at individual countries in the world, the US is at the top of the sad statistics: There are 205,000 deaths here, far more than in any other country in the world. More than 142,000 people have died in Brazil and more than 95,000 in India.
However, in relation to the number of inhabitants, the number of deaths is higher in some European countries. In the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, around 63 people die per 100,000 inhabitants, in Great Britain this figure is slightly higher, in Spain there are 67 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. In Germany, this value is comparatively low, eleven.
India is becoming a hotspot
India has increasingly become one of the largest centers of the pandemic in recent months. On Monday, the number of confirmed corona infections passed the six million mark. As its contagion rates increase, India is gradually closing in on the United States. To date, about 7.1 million infections have been recorded in the United States, the highest number in the world. But some parts of Europe are also experiencing new outbreaks, and experts in the US also fear a second wave.
As in India, infection rates in the Middle East and Europe have risen again significantly in recent weeks. Currently, cases are increasing more in France and Spain. The Robert Koch Institute currently reports 2,089 new infections registered for Germany. According to the RKI, 287,421 people in Germany have been shown to be infected with the virus; 9,471 have died.
Guterres: “An agonizing milestone”
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, called the death toll of more than one million an “unbearable milestone.” He 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.
The virus was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and paralyzed public life in much of the People’s Republic. To date, China has recorded more than 90,000 corona cases and more than 4,700 deaths. According to his own statements, the country now has the virus largely under control.
