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Preparations for a memorial event for corona deaths in Rio de Janeiro
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Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, more than four million people have died after being infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus.
That came out on Wednesday evening from data from the University of Johns Hopkins (JHU) in Baltimore.
The number of globally known corona deaths rose from three to four million within just under three months.
So far, there have been around 185 million confirmed infections with the virus worldwide, according to data from the university.
Experts assume an even higher number of unreported cases for infections and deaths.
The data compiled by the JHU are often closer to the infection rate than official figures and have proven to be fundamentally consistent and coherent (you can read more about which data SPIEGEL uses in the corona crisis here).
The university's homepage is regularly updated with incoming data and shows a higher level than the official figures of the World Health Organization (WHO).
In some cases, however, the figures have been revised downwards at times.
According to the WHO, there have been 3.98 million confirmed deaths and nearly 184 million known infections to date.
In absolute numbers, most corona deaths have been
reported
from the
USA
so far
.
In the country with 330 million inhabitants, around 605,000 people have died since the beginning of last year.
Brazil
follows in second place
with 525,000 deaths, while
India is
in third place
with a good 400,000 deaths.
According to the Johns Hopkins data, a good 91,000 corona deaths have so far been reported
in
Germany
.
The Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus can trigger the disease Covid-19, which can be fatal.
Deaths occur in all age groups, but elderly and immunocompromised patients are particularly affected.
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