The Johns Hopkins University (USA) independent count also reports 733,897 deaths to date

COVID-19 infections worldwide exceed 20 million

AFP/CESAR MANSO - People wearing face masks walk down a shopping street in the Las Delicias district of Zaragoza, in northeastern Spain, on August 10, 2020

Updated: 12/08/20

The number of people with confirmed COVID-19 infections worldwide has just exceeded 20 million, according to the independent count from Johns Hopkins University (USA), which also reports 733,897 deaths to date. Specifically, confirmed cases are now (00.00 Tuesday GMT) 20,001,019.

The country with the most infections is the United States with 5,085,821 (25.4% of the total), followed by Brazil with 3,057,470 (15.2%), India with 2,215,074 (11%), Russia with 890,799 (4.4%) and South Africa with 563,598 (2.8%). The top ten positions are completed by Mexico (480,278), Peru (478,024), Colombia (387,481), Chile (375,044) and Iran (328,844).

Johns Hopkins reported the first 5 million cases worldwide on May 21, the 10 million were reached on June 28, while the 15 million were exceeded on July 22, a trend that confirms the acceleration of the pandemic.

In terms of deaths, 733,897 in total, the United States also leads the count with 163,370, followed by Brazil with 101,752, Mexico with 52,298, the United Kingdom with 46,611 and India with 44,386. Italy (35,209), France (30,327), Spain (28,576), Peru (21,072) and Iran (18,616) complete the top ten.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that it is still in the hands of humanity to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. "There are green shoots of hope, and for any country, region, city or town it is not yet too late to turn the pandemic around," Tedros said at the biweekly press conference of the Geneva-based agency.

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