the Total number of people infected with coronavirus in the world the morning of may 21 made up of 4.99 million people. The pandemic has covered 188 countries. This is evidenced by data project at Johns Hopkins University, published on the website.
However, according to Worldometers, the number of infected on the night of 21 may have exceeded five million and the number of recovered exceeded two million.
According to Hopkins, in the world infected 4 996 472. Growth contracted for the day amounted to 95.8 thousand people. For the entire period of the pandemic died 328 115 patients, more than 1.89 million recovered.
Most affected by SARS-CoV-2 countries — the U.S. (1.55 million infected) and Russia (308,7 thousand). On the third line of the rating by the number of infected people has been Brazil (291,5 thousand). In fourth place — the Kingdom (249,61 thousands), the top five Spain (232,55 thousands).
most of the victims of the infection was in the United States — 93 439. While in European countries the leaders of the rating, the mortality rate exceeds 10 percent.
Russia has in recent days revealed 8764 infection. Total in the country during the epidemic recorded 308 705 cases of infection with coronavirus. Recovered 85 392 people, 2972 patients have died. Since the beginning of the epidemic in the country was made more than 7.3 million tests for coronavirus.
Outbreak of pneumonia COVID-19 caused by a new type of coronavirus, was first recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan. On 11 March, the who announced that the situation can be characterized as a pandemic.
