According to US experts, more than two million people worldwide have died in connection with the corona virus. Most infections are in the United States.
Washington (dpa) - According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of infections with the novel corona virus detected worldwide has exceeded the two million mark.
This comes from data from the US college in Baltimore on Wednesday morning (local time). The Sars-CoV-2 virus, which was practically completely unknown until just over three months ago, can trigger the lung disease Covid-19. As a result of the pandemic, more than 128,000 corona deaths have been recorded worldwide, according to the university.
The number of known infections per country can only be compared to a limited extent due to the different test rates and a high number of unreported cases. The respective population size of a country must also be taken into account.
In terms of absolute numbers, the university has the highest number of infections, with more than 600,000 cases in the United States, a country with around 330 million inhabitants. So far, more than 26,000 people have died as a result of an infection. By Tuesday evening (local time), the university in the United States alone had 2,228 deaths within 24 hours - more than ever before in one day.
Measured by population, the university has recorded the highest proportion of corona deaths relative to the population in Spain to date. Almost 39 people per 100,000 inhabitants died there after an infection. In Belgium there were about 36, in Italy about 35. The United States recorded about 8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Germany about 4.
The researchers' website at Johns Hopkins University is regularly updated with incoming data and therefore shows a higher level of confirmed infections than the official figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US health authority CDC.
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Screenshot of the Johns Hopkins numbers after crossing the 2 million mark