The number of cases of COVID-19 in the world has exceeded 109.1 million people, and the number of deaths – 2.4 million.The information was published on the portal of Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday, February 16.
According to the university, the number of COVID-19 cases in the world has reached 109,155,627, and the number of deaths – 2,407,869.
The largest number of cases and deaths remains in the United States, where 27,692,967 cases and 486,321 victims of COVID-19 were detected. Over the course of the pandemic in the United States, more than 18 million people have been cured.
India is next, where 10,925,710 people fell ill, 155,813 died, and about 11 million people recovered. Brazil is in third place. During the pandemic, 9,866,710 people fell ill, 239,773 died, and more than 8.8 million people recovered.
On the eve of the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Ghebreyesus said that the number of new cases of coronavirus infection in the world has been declining for five weeks in a row.