Coronavirus in the world: more than seven million infected and 400,000 dead

The United States, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom have the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. India rose to fifth place in two weeks. Spain, Italy, Peru, France, Germany and Iran are ranked sixth to eleventh, respectively.

According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University, the United States ranks first among countries in the world with 1,942,000 cases and nearly 110,514 deaths from Covid-19.

Brazil, which has become one of the new epicenters of the coronavirus, ranked second in the list of the top 10 countries with the most cases of the coronavirus in the world on Monday, June 8, with 691,000 cases, according to the latest report from Johns Hopkins University. The number of cases in the country has doubled in just two weeks.

Experts suspect that the actual number of infections in Brazil could be several times higher than the officially recorded figure.

The Brazilian government has taken an unusual approach to dealing with the coronavirus crisis and has stopped publishing daily statistics on the number of infected and dead.

Russia is in third place with 467,000 cases, but the country is ranked 12th in terms of deaths. In Russia, 5,851 people have died from COVID-19.

The number of coronavirus cases in the UK has surpassed 287,000, but the country remains second in the world after the US with 40,000 deaths. The number of deaths in the UK has increased by 4,000 in just two weeks.

Spain eases restrictions, but deaths continue

While Spain has eased restrictions imposed to combat the novel coronavirus, about 4,000 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the country in the past two weeks.

Spain ranks sixth among the world's coronavirus-affected countries in terms of the number of infected people and deaths.

Coronavirus outbreak surges in India and Peru

Data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, which reports the rate of coronavirus infections and deaths in 180 countries around the world, indicates that the situation in the countries ranked fifth to tenth in terms of coronavirus infections has changed in the past few days.

India, which two weeks ago was ranked 11th in the world in terms of coronavirus cases, and even had fewer cases than Iran, has now faced a doubling in the number of coronavirus patients in two weeks.

India is now the fifth worst-hit country in the world with 257,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but the death toll has reached 7,000. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the number of deaths in India has doubled in the past two weeks.

Another country that has joined the list of the top 10 countries with the most coronavirus cases in the world is Peru, which is in eighth place with 196,000 cases. Two weeks ago, Peru was ranked 12th in the list of coronavirus patients.

Coronavirus in Iran: 171,000 infected and 8,281 deaths

Iran is ranked 10th according to data from the website "Wordometer". However, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, it is ranked 11th in the list of countries infected with the coronavirus, but is among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of deaths.

The total number of coronavirus cases in Iran has reached more than 171,000, and the death toll has reached 8,281.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University and the World Health Organization, Lesotho has the fewest COVID-19 cases among 180 countries in the world, with four. The country has a population of 1.8 million and is located in southern Africa.

Source: DW