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.