translated from Spanish: The coronavirus pandemic already leaves 24.7 million contagions and nearly 840,000 people killed worldwide

The coronavirus pandemic that originated in late 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan is approaching 24.7 million cases after adding almost 284,000 new contagions on the last day, according to The balance offered on Saturday by Johns University over The 188 countries and territories affected. In total, 24,749,453 people have contracted the virus, of which more than half are in the three most affected countries – the United States, Brazil and India – while the death toll is already above 837,340, after adding another 6,000 deaths one day. As far as people who have managed to overcome the disease are concerned, there are already 16.2 million. Brazil tops the list, with just over 3.1 million patients cured, followed by India with more than 2.6 million, and the United States, with just over 2.1 million. The latter country remains, highlighted, as the most affected worldwide by the pandemic, with more than 5.9 million cases, and on the last day it has surpassed 181,000 deaths, with 181,775, which also put it at the forefront in this section. The U.S. Institute of Metrics and Health Assessment (IHME) estimates that 317,000 people may have died of coronavirus in the country. Brazil, with more than 3.8 million cases and 119,504 fatalities, ranks second in both infected and deceased. Third is India, which has more than 3.4 million cases and totals 62,550 deaths, followed fourth by Russia, which maintains a sustained increase in contagion, with 977,730 cases and 16,866 fatalities. In the fifth position has now been Peru, with 629,961 cases and 28,471 dead. This data represent a mortality rate of 86.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, making the Andean country the most victims per capita, thus ahead of Belgium.South Africa, the most affected African country, falls to the sixth position, with 620,132 cases and 13,743 killed, but with a recovery rate of 86 per cent. For its part, Colombia has advanced Mexico on the last day and becomes the seventh most punished country, with 590,492 cases and 18,766 deaths, while the Aztec country already has 585,738 contagions and 63,146 deaths, making it the third with the most fatalities. SPAIN, MORE THAN 29,000 DEADSpain remains in ninth place and is already the EU country with the most cases, with 439,286 and 29,011 dead. In the latter section, it occupies the eighth position. The ‘top 10’ is completed by Chile, which already has 405,972 confirmed cases and 11,132 fatalities. Among countries with more than 300,000 contagions Argentina is advancing in recent days with a firm step towards the 400,000 threshold. The country of the Southern Cone already has 392,009 cases and 8,271 deaths. Iran is followed by 369,911 cases and more than 21,249 dead. There are also in this group the United Kingdom, with more than 333,806 cases and 41,573 deaths – the fifth country with the most fatalities- Saudi Arabia, with 312,924 contagions but only 3,813 dead, and Bangladesh, with 306,794 positives. Approaching this figure is already France, which adds up to 304,947 cases, as well as Pakistan, with 295,372, while also exceeding 200,000 contagions Turkey (265,515), Italy (265,409), Germany (242,126), Iraq (223,612) and the Philippines (209,544). The group with more than 100,000 infected include Indonesia (165,887), Canada (129,342), Ukraine (119,653), Qatar (11 Bolivia (114,409), Ecuador (112,141), Israel (112,000), and Kazakhstan (105,558). Egypt is close, with 98,285, while the Dominican Republic reaches 93,390. Panama, with 90,624, has advanced on the last day to China, the country that saw the birth of the pandemic, with 89,836 positives. They are also above 80,000 Oman, Romania, Sweden, Belgium and Kuwait.Exceeding 70,000 cases are Guatemala, Belarus and the Netherlands, while with more than 60,000 cases are United Arab Emirates, Japan and Poland. The barrier of 50,000 cases is already surpassed by Honduras, Morocco, Portugal, Singapore, Nigeria and Bahrain.

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