The number of known coronavirus infections worldwide has increased from 15 million to over 20 million in less than three weeks. That came from data from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore yesterday.
About half of the confirmed infections are in just three countries: the USA with more than five million infections, Brazil with over three million and a good two million in India.
The number of confirmed infections worldwide stood at ten million at the end of June and has therefore doubled within around six weeks. In addition to the most affected countries, the coronavirus pandemic continued to spread rapidly in Russia, South Africa, Mexico and several countries in South America.
According to Johns Hopkins, more than 730,000 people have died worldwide after being infected with the coronavirus. The number of victims has recently increased significantly more slowly than the number of new infections, partly due to better treatment options.
