Official count of COVID-19 cases worldwide exceeds 2 million

According to statistics compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the number of patients infected with coronavirus globally has surpassed the 2 million mark.

These figures include confirmed cases of patients, and based on them, the number of deaths has approached 120,000.

Johns Hopkins University in the United States does not have independent access to statistics in different regions of the world; as a result, the collected cases include estimates as well as statistics from countries that do not follow uniform standards in terms of transparency and compilation.

Nevertheless, this figure itself shows that the number of COVID-19 cases has roughly doubled in less than two weeks.

On April 4, compilations from estimates as well as official statistics from various countries showed that one million people had been infected and half of the world’s population was under quarantine.

Many countries have continued or extended travel restrictions and limitations over these two weeks.

During this period, some countries and US states have faced a surge in cases and human casualties, although some of them now say they have passed the peak of the epidemic curve.

Statistics indicate that more than 580,000 people in America have become ill and more than 23,600 have died. In Spain, the number of patients has exceeded 170,000 and the number of deaths has surpassed 17,700. In Italy, more than 20,000 have died and the number of patients has reached approximately 160,000.

Official statistics presented by Iranian authorities indicate that more than 73,000 people have been infected and 4,585 citizens have lost their lives.

However, Iran’s Ministry of Health had previously emphasized that the compilation is based on final tests of individuals and does not include those who had or have clinical symptoms.

Iranian authorities, unlike most countries in the world, have not disclosed the number of victims by province and have stopped publishing the number of cases by province since April 4.

The exact number of cases globally is unclear, and reaching a better picture requires further research; both considering doubts about how statistics are presented by some countries, and considering the number of tests conducted, or the number of people who may have been infected with COVID-19 but, due to mild or occasional symptoms, have not been tested or even seen.

Source: Radio Farda