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Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 1 million, death toll passes 64,000
Published in Ahram Online on 05 - 04 - 2020

More than 1.19 million people have been reported infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 64,421 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 200 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
The following table shows countries that have reported
deaths due to the coronavirus and/or at least 100 confirmed cases, as of 0200 GMT on April 5:
Countries and Total Cases Total Territories Deaths
United States 309,845 8,429
Spain 124,736 11,744
Italy 124,632 15,362
Germany 96,043 1,420
France 82,165 7,560
China 81,669 3,329
Iran 55,743 3,452
United Kingdom 41,903 4,313
Turkey 23,934 501
Switzerland 20,278 666
Belgium 18,431 1,283
Netherlands 16,627 1,651
Canada 13,912 231
Austria 11,781 186
Portugal 10,524 266
Brazil 10,360 445
South Korea 10,156 177
Israel 7,851 41
Sweden 6,443 373
Norway 5,550 60
Australia 5,550 30
Russia 4,731 43
Ireland 4,604 137
Czech Republic 4,472 59
Japan 4,209 95
Chile 4,161 27
Denmark 4,077 161
Poland 3,627 79
Romania 3,613 146
Malaysia 3,483 57
Ecuador 3,465 172
Philippines 3,094 144
India 3,072 75
Pakistan 2,818 41
Luxembourg 2,729 31
Saudi Arabia 2,179 29
Indonesia 2,092 191
Thailand 2,067 20
Finland 1,882 25
Panama 1,801 46
Peru 1,746 73
Mexico 1,688 60
Greece 1,673 63
Serbia 1,624 44
South Africa 1,585 9
Dominican Republic 1,578 77
United Arab Emirates 1,505 10
Argentina 1,451 43
Iceland 1,417 4
Colombia 1,406 32
Qatar 1,325 3
Algeria 1,251 130
Ukraine 1,225 32
Singapore 1,189 6
Croatia 1,126 12
Egypt 1,070 71
Estonia 1,039 13
Slovenia 977 22
New Zealand 950 1
Morocco 919 59
Iraq 878 56
Hong Kong 862 4
Lithuania 771 11
Armenia 770 7
Moldova 752 12
Bahrain 688 4
Hungary 678 32
Bosnia 635 21
Cameroon 555 9
Tunisia 553 19
Kazakhstan 531 5
Azerbaijan 521 5
Lebanon 520 17
Latvia 509 1
Bulgaria 503 17
North Macedonia 483 17
Kuwait 479 1
Slovakia 471 1
Andorra 466 17
Belarus 440 5
Costa Rica 435 2
Cyprus 426 11
Uruguay 400 5
Taiwan 355 5
Réunion 334 0
Albania 333 20
Jordan 323 5
Burkina Faso 318 16
Afghanistan 299 7
Cuba 288 6
Oman 277 2
Uzbekistan 266 2
Honduras 264 15
Channel Islands 262 5
San Marino 259 32
Ivory Coast 245 1
Vietnam 239 0
Senegal 219 2
Palestine 217 1
Nigeria 214 4
Malta 213 0
Ghana 205 5
Montenegro 201 2
Mauritius 196 7
Faroe Islands 181 0
Sri Lanka 166 5
Georgia 162 1
Venezuela 155 7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 154 18
Martinique 145 3
Niger 144 8
Kyrgyzstan 144 1
Bolivia 139 10
Brunei 135 1
Guadeloupe 134 7
Mayotte 134 2
Kenya 126 4
Isle of Man 126 1
Guinea 115 0
Cambodia 114 0
Trinidad and Tobago103 6
Rwanda 102 0
Source: Reuters tally based on statements from health ministries and government officials.


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