Washington (dpa) - Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 300,000 people worldwide have died as a result of an infection, according to US researchers.
The University of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore had 4.4 million known infections and 300,074 deaths as of Thursday afternoon (local time). The novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 can trigger the lung disease Covid-19.
The infection and death rates published by the university are generally higher than those of the World Health Organization (WHO) because they are updated more regularly. In some cases, however, the numbers have recently been revised downwards. By Wednesday, the WHO had reported around 4.2 million infections and almost 290,000 deaths.
Most coronavirus pandemic deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University, were in the United States (around 85,000), where the number of infections detected was also highest (1.4 million). Around 330 million people live in the United States.
Comparisons between individual countries - especially based on absolute numbers - prove difficult, both with regard to the number of infected people and the number of deaths. Not only are the population structures different. The states are also at different stages of the pandemic and differ in the number of tests performed. In addition, there is the expected high number of undiagnosed infections. The pandemic had started in China before the turn of the year.
Johns Hopkins current coronavirus numbers
latest situation reports coronavirus WHO
WHO latest coronavirus numbers
Johns Hopkins on mortality rates in different countries, English
