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KOMPAS.com – Coronavirus cases in the world reached 25 million on Sunday (8/30/2020) afternoon, as India broke the world record in terms of adding daily Covid-19 cases.
According to calculations ReutersThe data shows steady growth in global cases as the disease centers shift again, with India becoming the new epicenter, replacing the United States and Latin America.
India recorded an additional 78,761 cases of coronavirus infection in just one day.
Previously, the highest number was recorded by the United States in mid-July 2020, with 77,299 cases per day.
The increase in cases in the South Asian country brought the world total to 25,074,751.
According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the official number of global coronavirus cases is now at least five times higher than the number of serious influenza illnesses recorded each year.
Worldwide, there have been more than 840,000 deaths from Covid-19, surpassing the 290,000 to 650,000 annual deaths caused by influenza.
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The increase in cases is stable
Meanwhile, the speed to add new cases globally is now more stable. It took approximately three weeks to experience an increase from 5 million cases to 25 million.
This time is considered more stable, compared to the 19, 24 and 39 days it took, respectively, to add 5 million cases to 20 million, 15 million and 10 million.
The rate of new daily cases has slowed to around 1.2 percent during August, compared to 1.7 percent in July, 1.8 percent in June, 2.1 percent in May, 4.6 percent in April and 7.7 percent in March.
However, health experts emphasize that currently available official data does not yet cover all cases of infection and death, especially in countries with limited testing capacity.
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10 countries with more cases
Launching Worldometers, On Sunday (8/30/2020) evening, the total number of cases of global corona virus infection currently reaches 25,190,865 cases, a slight difference from the estimate Reuters.
Meanwhile, 847,132 people died, while 17,542,317 patients were declared cured.
These are the ten countries with the most cases of coronavirus infection in the world:
1. United States
- Total cases 6,139,466
- Total deaths 186,857
- Total cures 3,408,908
2. Brazil
- Total cases 3,846,965
- Total deaths 120,498
- Total Healing 3,006,812
3. India
- Total cases 3,546,705
- Total deaths 63,690
- Total Healing 2,714,995
4. Russia
- Total cases 990,326
- Total deaths 17,093
- Total Heal 806,982
5. Peru
- The total number of cases was 639,435
- Total deaths 28,607
- Total Heal 446,675
6. South Africa
- Total cases 622,551
- Total deaths 13,981
- Total cures 536,694
7. Colombia
- Total cases 599,914
- Total deaths 19,064
- Total Heal 440,574
8. Mexico
- The total number of cases was 591,712
- Total deaths 63,819
- Total Heal 409,127
9. Spain
- Total cases 455,621
- Total deaths 29,011
- Total healing –
10. Chile
- Total cases 408,009
- Total deaths 11,181
- Total cure 381,183.
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