Worldwide coronavirus cases exceed 2.31 mln, fatality toll crosses 158,300
KATHMANDU: More than 2.31 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally while 158,384 have succumbed to the infection, 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.
United States of America is the most affected nation, as of today, with 726,598 transmission cases while 37,255 fatalities have been reported in the country.
Nepal has, so far, 31 cases of infected recorded of which 28 are live cases -- three people having recovered from the disease. Currently, 117 people have been kept in isolation, under observation, on showing symptoms of the infection.
Global cases of infection and fatalities
Countries and Territories
Total Cases
Fatalities
United States
726,598
37,255
Spain
191,726
20,043
Italy
175,925
23,227
France
151,793
19,323
Germany
140,413
4,303
United Kingdom
114,217
15,464
China
82,735
4,632
Turkey
82,329
1,890
Iran
80,868
5,301
Belgium
37,183
5,453
Russia
36,793
313
Brazil
36,599
2,347
Canada
33,354
1,470
Netherlands
31,589
3,601
Switzerland
27,404
1,344
Portugal
19,685
687
India
14,792
488
Ireland
14,758
571
Austria
14,662
443
Peru
14,420
348
Sweden
13,822
1,511
Israel
13,107
158
Japan
11,145
237
South Korea
10,653
232
Chile
9,730
126
Ecuador
9,022
456
Poland
8,742
347
Romania
8,418
418
Saudi Arabia
8,274
92
Pakistan
7,638
144
Mexico
7,497
650
Denmark
7,242
346
Norway
6,984
163
Czech Republic
6,654
181
Australia
6,565
69
United Arab Emirates
6,302
37
Indonesia
6,248
535
Philippines
6,087
397
Serbia
5,994
117
Singapore
5,992
11
Malaysia
5,305
88
Ukraine
5,106
133
Qatar
5,008
8
Belarus
4,779
45
Dominican Republic
4,335
217
Panama
4,210
116
Finland
3,681
90
Colombia
3,621
166
Luxembourg
3,537
72
South Africa
3,034
52
Egypt
3,032
224
Argentina
2,758
129
Thailand
2,733
47
Morocco
2,685
190
Algeria
2,534
367
Moldova
2,351
60
Greece
2,235
110
Bangladesh
2,144
84
Cameroon
2,033
21
Hungary
1,834
172
Croatia
1,832
39
Bahrain
1,767
7
Iceland
1,760
9
Kuwait
1,751
6
Kazakhstan
1,615
17
Iraq
1,513
82
Estonia
1,512
38
Uzbekistan
1,469
10
New Zealand
1,422
11
Azerbaijan
1,373
18
Slovenia
1,317
70
Bosnia
1,268
47
Armenia
1,248
20
Lithuania
1,239
33
Oman
1,180
6
North Macedonia
1,170
49
Slovakia
1,089
11
Hong Kong
1,024
4
Cuba
986
27
Afghanistan
933
30
Bulgaria
878
41
Tunisia
866
37
Ghana
834
9
Cyprus
761
12
Ivory Coast
742
6
Djibouti
732
2
Latvia
712
5
Andorra
704
35
Lebanon
672
21
Costa Rica
655
4
Niger
639
18
Burkina Faso
565
35
Albania
548
26
Nigeria
543
19
Guinea
518
3
Uruguay
517
9
Kosovo
510
12
Kyrgyzstan
506
5
Bolivia
492
32
Channel Islands
484
20
Honduras
457
46
San Marino
455
39
Malta
426
3
Palestine
418
2
Jordan
413
7
Réunion
407
Taiwan
398
6
Georgia
388
4
Senegal
353
4
Mauritius
325
9
Democratic Republic of the Congo
307
25
Montenegro
307
5
Isle of Man
297
6
Vietnam
268
Kenya
262
12
Sri Lanka
254
7
Mayotte
254
4
Guatemala
235
7
Venezuela
227
9
Mali
216
13
Paraguay
206
8
El Salvador
190
7
Faroe Islands
184
Guadeloupe
167
8
Martinique
163
8
Jamaica
163
5
Tanzania
147
5
Rwanda
144
Republic of the Congo
143
6
Brunei
137
1
Guam
135
5
Gibraltar
133
Cambodia
122
Madagascar
120
2
Somalia
116
6
Trinidad and Tobago
114
8
Myanmar
107
5
Ethiopia
105
3
N. Cyprus
100
4
Aruba
96
2
French Guiana
96
Gabon
95
1
Monaco
94
2
Togo
84
5
Bermuda
83
4
Liechtenstein
80
1
Equatorial Guinea
79
Liberia
76
7
Barbados
75
5
Sudan
66
10
Guyana
63
6
Cayman Islands
61
1
Cape Verde
58
1
Zambia
57
2
Uganda
56
French Polynesia
55
Bahamas
54
9
Guinea-Bissau
50
1
Libya
49
1
Macau
45
Haiti
44
3
Puerto Rico
39
2
Eritrea
39
Syria
38
2
Benin
37
2
Saint Martin
37
2
Maldives
34
Mozambique
34
Chad
33
Mongolia
31
Nepal
31
0
Sierra Leone
26
Zimbabwe
24
3
Antigua and Barbuda
23
3
Angola
19
2
Eswatini
19
1
Laos
19
Belize
18
2
New Caledonia
18
Timor-Leste
18
Malawi
17
2
Fiji
17
U.S. Virgin Islands
17
Dominica
16
Namibia
16
Botswana
15
1
Saint Lucia
15
Curaçao
14
1
Grenada
14
Saint Kitts and Nevis
14
Central African Republic
12
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12
Falkland Islands
11
Greenland
11
Montserrat
11
Seychelles
11
Suriname
10
1
Turks and Caicos
10
1
Gambia
9
1
Nicaragua
9
1
Vatican City
8
Mauritania
7
1
Saint-Barthéle my
6
Western Sahara
6
Bhutan
5
Burundi
5
British Virgin Islands
4
Sao Tome and Principe
4
South Sudan
4
Anguilla
3
Caribbean Netherlands
3
Papua New Guinea
2
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
1
Yemen
1
Source: Reuters tally based on statements from health ministries and government officials.