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FACTBOX: Worldwide coronavirus cases exceed 2.57 mln, death toll crosses 178,500
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 22 - 04 - 2020

More than 2.57 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 178,574 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
The following table lists countries that have reported deaths and/or at least 100 confirmed cases as of 1400 GMT on Wednesday.
Countries and Territories Total Deaths Total Cases
United States 45,241 811,759
Spain 21,717 208,389
Italy 24,648 183,957
France 20,796 158,387
Germany 4,957 146,787
United Kingdom 17,337 129,044
Turkey 2,259 95,591
Iran 5,391 85,996
China 4,633 82,788
Russia 513 57,999
Brazil 2,741 43,079
Belgium 6,262 41,889
Canada 1,834 38,422
Netherlands 4,054 34,842
Switzerland 1,429 28,268
Portugal 785 21,982
India 652 20,471
Peru 484 17,837
Ireland 730 16,040
Sweden 1,765 16,004
Austria 510 14,925
Israel 187 14,326
Saudi Arabia 114 12,772
Japan 296 12,255
Chile 147 10,832
South Korea 238 10,694
Ecuador 520 10,398
Singapore 11 10,141
Poland 404 10,034
Romania 508 9,710
Pakistan 209 9,565
Mexico 857 9,501
United Arab Emirates 52 8,238
Denmark 384 7,912
Indonesia 635 7,418
Belarus 58 7,281
Norway 181 7,250
Qatar 10 7,141
Czech Republic 204 7,041
Serbia 134 6,890
Philippines 446 6,710
Australia 69 6,645
Ukraine 174 6,592
Malaysia 93 5,532
Dominican Republic 245 5,044
Panama 141 4,821
Colombia 196 4,149
Finland 149 4,129
Bangladesh 120 3,772
Luxembourg 78 3,618
Egypt 264 3,490
South Africa 58 3,465
Morocco 149 3,377
Argentina 152 3,144
Thailand 49 2,826
Algeria 392 2,811
Moldova 75 2,614
Greece 121 2,401
Kuwait 13 2,248
Hungary 225 2,168
Kazakhstan 19 2,047
Bahrain 7 2,009
Croatia 48 1,950
Iceland 10 1,785
Uzbekistan 10 1,692
Oman 8 1,614
Iraq 83 1,602
Estonia 44 1,559
Azerbaijan 20 1,518
Armenia 24 1,473
New Zealand 14 1,451
Lithuania 38 1,370
Bosnia 53 1,368
Slovenia 79 1,353
North Macedonia 56 1,259
Slovakia 14 1,244
Afghanistan 40 1,176
Cameroon 43 1,163
Ghana 9 1,154
Cuba 38 1,137
Hong Kong 4 1,034
Bulgaria 47 1,015
Djibouti 2 974
Ivory Coast 13 916
Tunisia 38 901
Nigeria 25 782
Cyprus 12 767
Latvia 11 761
Andorra 37 717
Guinea 6 688
Lebanon 22 682
Costa Rica 6 669
Niger 20 657
Albania 27 634
Kyrgyzstan 7 612
Bolivia 37 609
Kosovo 18 604
Burkina Faso 38 600
Uruguay 10 528
Honduras 46 510
Channel Islands 24 494
San Marino 40 488
Malta 3 444
Senegal 6 442
Palestinian territories 2 431
Jordan 7 428
Taiwan 6 426
Georgia 5 411
Réunion 0 408
Democratic Republic of the Congo 25 359
Mauritius 9 328
Sri Lanka 7 321
Guatemala 8 316
Montenegro 5 314
Isle of Man 9 307
Kenya 14 303
Venezuela 10 288
Somalia 14 286
Tanzania 10 284
Mayotte 4 284
Vietnam 0 268
Mali 14 258
El Salvador 7 237
Jamaica 6 233
Paraguay 9 213
Faroe Islands 0 185
Guadeloupe 12 167
Republic of the Congo 6 165
Martinique 10 163
Gabon 1 156
Rwanda 0 150
Brunei 1 138
Gibraltar 0 132
Cambodia 0 122
Madagascar 2 121
Ethiopia 3 116
Trinidad and Tobago 8 114
Myanmar 5 111
Sudan 12 107
Liberia 8 101
N. Cyprus 4 100
Aruba 2 97
Monaco 2 94
Togo 6 86
Bermuda 5 86
Liechtenstein 1 81
Barbados 5 75
Zambia 3 74
Cape Verde 1 67
Guyana 7 66
Cayman Islands 1 61
Bahamas 9 60
Benin 2 54
Libya 1 51
Guinea-Bissau 1 50
Haiti 4 48
Syria 3 39
Saint Martin 2 37
Eswatini 1 31
Zimbabwe 3 28
Angola 2 24
Malawi 2 23
Antigua and Barbuda 3 23
Botswana 1 20
Belize 2 18
Curaçao 1 14
Burundi 2 11
Turks and Caicos 1 11
Gambia 1 10
Nicaragua 2 10
Suriname 1 10
Mauritania 1 7
British Virgin Islands 1 5

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