More than 38.09 million people have been reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus worldwide and about 1.09 million have died, according to the Reuters report published on Wednesday.
With 215,119 deaths and around 7,83 million confirmed cases, the United States ranked among the 20 countries with the highest reported infections and deaths in the world, followed by India, Brazil, Russia, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Peru, Mexico, France, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Iran, Chile, Iraq, Bangladesh, Italy, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Infections have been reported in over 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
/Next-COVID-Strain.jpeg "People walk past an advertisement warning about COVID-19 in Manchester, England, on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)")
/COVID-Global-Emergency-WHO.webp "Millions of cases are being reported each week, but surveillance has declined, making it difficult to get a full overview of the situation and how the virus is mutating. (Photo: Reuters)")
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/South-American-Monkeypox-Cases.webp "The monkeypox virus has been found in 78 countries since early May according to the WHO [File: Rick Bowmer/AP Photo]")
/Global-Health-Emergency-Monkeypox.jpg "Test tubes labelled \"Monkeypox virus positive\" are seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic)")
/Marburg-Virus.jpg "Bats congregate in a cave in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, in 2018. Approximately 50,000 bats dwell in the cave. (BONNIE JO MOUNT/THE WASHINGTON POST)")
