He coronavirus it has now killed more than 2 million people worldwide since the outbreak in China in December 2019, according to an account by Johns Hopkins University. The United States, with about 4% of the world’s population, has reported about one-fifth of all deaths reported worldwide.
About one million people worldwide have died from coronavirus-related complications in the United States last three and a half months. There were 15,404 new deaths and 752,723 new cases worldwide on Thursday.
In a statement, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the 2 million deaths a “creepy milestone”.
“Behind this impressive number are names and faces: the smile is now just a memory, the forever empty seat at the dinner table, the room that resonates with the silence of a loved one,” Guterres said .
According to the latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the United States with 3,882 new deaths, followed by the United Kingdom with 1,248 and Brazil with 1,131.
The United States remains the hardest hit country with more than 389,000 deaths from more than 23 million cases. More than 6 million people have been declared recovered.
After the United States, the countries most affected are Brazil with more than 207,000 deaths from more than 8 million cases, India with more than 151,000 deaths from more than 10 million cases, Mexico with more than 137,000 deaths from more than 8 million cases. ‘1.5 million cases and the UK with over 86,000 deaths for over 3.2 million cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Belgium, with 175 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Slovenia with 149, Bosnia and Herzegovina with 134, Italy with 134 and the Czech Republic with 131.
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Europe as a whole has 646,489 deaths per 30 million cases; Latin America and the Caribbean, 542,333 deaths from nearly 17 million infections; and in the United States and Canada, 406,214 deaths from 24 million cases.
Asia reported 228,967 deaths per 14,510,781 cases, the Middle East 93,132 deaths per 4,330,451 cases, Africa per 76,753 deaths per 3,179,230 cases, and Oceania per 945 deaths per 31,443 cases.
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of tests performed has increased significantly, while testing and reporting techniques have improved, leading to an increase in reported cases.
However, the number of cases diagnosed is only a fraction of the actual number of infections, as a significant number of less severe or asymptomatic cases are always detected.
Like the COVID-19 vaccine deployment throughout the world, Guterres implored the world’s major economies to ensure equitable distribution.
“Vaccines reach high-income countries quickly, while the world’s poorest have none. Science succeeds, but solidarity fails,” he said. “Governments have a responsibility to protect their populations, but ‘vaccinationalism’ is self-defeating and will delay the global recovery.”