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FACTBOX: Worldwide coronavirus cases exceed 2.2 mln, death toll crosses 151,600
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 18 - 04 - 2020

More than 2.23 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 151,657 havedied, 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 0200 GMT on Saturday.
Countries and Total Total Territories Cases Deaths
United States 700,028 35,479
Spain 188,068 19,478
Italy 172,434 22,745
France 147,969 18,681
Germany 137,735 4,077
United Kingdom 108,692 14,576
China 82,719 4,632
Iran 79,494 4,958
Turkey 78,546 1,769
Belgium 36,138 5,163
Brazil 33,682 2,141
Russia 32,008 273
Canada 31,884 1,309
Netherlands 30,449 3,459
Switzerland 27,078 1,269
Portugal 19,022 657
Austria 14,595 431
Ireland 13,980 530
India 13,835 452
Peru 13,498 300
Sweden 13,216 1,400
Israel 12,982 151
South Korea 10,635 230
Japan 10,561 220
Chile 9,252 116
Ecuador 8,450 421
Poland 8,379 332
Romania 8,067 400
Saudi Arabia 7,142 87
Denmark 7,073 336
Pakistan 7,025 135
Norway 6,937 161
Czech Republic 6,549 173
Australia 6,533 65
United Arab 6,302 37
Emirates
Mexico 6,297 492
Indonesia 5,923 520
Philippines 5,878 387
Serbia 5,790 110
Malaysia 5,251 86
Singapore 5,050 11
Belarus 4,779 42
Qatar 4,663 7
Ukraine 4,662 125
Dominican 4,162 200
Republic
Panama 4,016 109
Argentina 3,571 122
Finland 3,489 82
Luxembourg 3,480 72
Colombia 3,439 153
Egypt 2,844 205
South Africa 2,783 50
Thailand 2,700 47
Morocco 2,564 190
Algeria 2,418 364
Moldova 2,264 56
Greece 2,224 108
Bangladesh 1,838 75
Croatia 1,814 36
Hungary 1,763 156
Iceland 1,754 9
Bahrain 1,740 7
Kuwait 1,658 5
Kazakhstan 1,546 17
Iraq 1,482 81
Estonia 1,459 38
New Zealand 1,409 11
Uzbekistan 1,390 10
Azerbaijan 1,340 13
Slovenia 1,304 66
Bosnia 1,214 46
Armenia 1,201 19
Lithuania 1,149 33
North 1,117 49
Macedonia
Oman 1,069 6
Slovakia 1,049 9
Hong Kong 1,022 4
Cameroon 1,016 21
Cuba 923 27
Afghanistan 906 30
Tunisia 864 37
Bulgaria 846 41
Cyprus 750 12
Djibouti 732 2
Andorra 696 35
Ivory Coast 688 6
Latvia 682 5
Lebanon 668 21
Costa Rica 649 4
Ghana 641 8
Niger 627 18
Burkina Faso 557 35
Albania 539 26
Uruguay 512 9
Nigeria 493 17
Kyrgyzstan 489 5
Kosovo 480 12
Guinea 477 3
Channel 470 20
Islands
Bolivia 465 31
Honduras 442 41
San Marino 435 39
Malta 422 3
Jordan 407 7
Palestine 402 2
Réunion 402 0
Taiwan 395 6
Georgia 370 3
Senegal 342 3
Mauritius 324 9
Montenegro 303 5
Isle of Man 291 4
Democratic 287 23
Republic of
the Congo
Vietnam 268 0
Kenya 246 11
Mayotte 245 4
Sri Lanka 244 7
Guatemala 214 7
Venezuela 204 9
Paraguay 199 8
Mali 190 13
Faroe Islands 184 0
El Salvador 177 7
Guadeloupe 167 8
Martinique 158 8
Tanzania 147 5
Republic of 143 6
the Congo
Jamaica 143 5
Rwanda 143 0
Brunei 136 1
Guam 135 5
Gibraltar 133 0
Cambodia 122 0
Madagascar 117 2
Somalia 116 6
Trinidad and 114 8
Tobago
N. Cyprus 100 4
Ethiopia 96 3
Aruba 96 2
French Guiana 96 0
Gabon 95 1
Monaco 94 2
Myanmar 88 4
Togo 83 5
Bermuda 83 4
Liechtenstein 80 1
Equatorial 79 0
Guinea
Barbados 75 5
Liberia 73 7
Guyana 63 6
Cayman Islands 61 1
Cape Verde 56 1
Uganda 56 0
French 55 0
Polynesia
Bahamas 54 9
Zambia 52 2
Libya 48 1
Guinea-Bissau 46 1
Macau 45 0
Haiti 43 3
Puerto Rico 39 2
Syria 38 2
Benin 37 2
Saint Martin 35 2
Eritrea 35 0
Mozambique 34 0
Sudan 33 6
Chad 33 0
Mongolia 31 0
Nepal 30 0
Maldives 29 0
Sierra Leone 26 0
Zimbabwe 24 3
Antigua and 23 3
Barbuda
Angola 19 2
Laos 19 0
Belize 18 2
New Caledonia 18 0
Timor-Leste 18 0
Malawi 17 2
Eswatini 17 1
Fiji 17 0
U.S. Virgin 17 0
Islands
Dominica 16 0
Namibia 16 0
Botswana 15 1
Saint Lucia 15 0
Curaçao 14 1
Grenada 14 0
Saint Kitts 14 0
and Nevis
Central 12 0
African
Republic
Saint Vincent 12 0
and the
Grenadines
Falkland 11 0
Islands
Greenland 11 0
Montserrat 11 0
Seychelles 11 0
Suriname 10 1
Turks and 10 1
Caicos
Gambia 9 1
Nicaragua 9 1
Vatican City 8 0
Mauritania 7 1
Saint-Barthéle 6 0
my
Western Sahara 6 0
Bhutan 5 0
Burundi 5 0
British Virgin 4 0
Islands
Sao Tome and 4 0
Principe
South Sudan 4 0
Anguilla 3 0
Caribbean 3 0
Netherlands
Papua New 2 0
Guinea
Saint Pierre 1 0
and Miquelon
Yemen 1 0
Source: Reuters tally based on statements from health ministries and government officials.

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