The United States accounts for about a quarter of all coronavirus deaths (File)
Global cases of the new coronavirus approached 7 million people on Saturday, as the number of cases increases in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters count.
About 30% of these cases, or 2 million infections, are in the United States, although the fastest growing epidemic is in Latin America, which now accounts for about 16% of all cases.
Globally, deaths from the new coronavirus are approaching 4,000,000.
The United States accounts for about a quarter of all deaths, but deaths in South America are increasing rapidly.
The number of COVID-19-related deaths in just five months is now equal to the number of people who die each year from malaria, one of the world‘s most deadly infectious diseases.
The first death from COVID-19 was reported on January 10 in Wuhan, China, but it was in early April before the death toll exceeded 1,00,000, according to Reuters accounts in official government reports. It took 23 days to go from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 dead.
The United States has the highest number of deaths in the world, with nearly 1,100,000. Deaths in Brazil are increasing rapidly and the country could surpass the United Kingdom to have the second highest number of deaths in the world.
The total number of deaths is estimated to be greater than the 4,000,000 officially reported, as many countries lack supplies to test all victims and some countries do not count deaths outside of a hospital.
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