The coronavirus pandemic has caused more than five million deaths to date, with more than 246 million cases, according to data published this Monday by Johns Hopkins University through its website.
The center has detailed that so far 246,743,962 infections have been officially confirmed since the declaration of the pandemic in March 2020, with 5,000,425 deaths. Thus he has detailed that during the last 28 days 11,755,582 positives and 197,116 deaths have been detected.
The United States is the most affected country in total figures worldwide, with about 46 million cases and more than 745,000 deaths. Behind is India, with about 34.3 million infections and more than 458,000 deaths.
Likewise, Brazil is in third place, with more than 21.8 million positives and more than 607,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic. In contrast, during the last 28 days the countries that have registered the highest number of cases are the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on March 11, 2020 its decision to declare the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 and was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. .
