The number of COVID-19 infections in the world exceeded 118.5 million, the number of victims – 2.62 million

The number of detected infections with coronavirus in the world since the beginning of the pandemic on Friday morning amounted to 118 million 569 thousand 219, according to data from the American University of Johns Hopkins.

Worldwide, the number of deaths from COVID-19-related diseases increased per day to 2 million 629 thousand 357, about 93 million people recovered.

Countries with 10 million or more COVID-19 infections include the United States, India and Brazil.

The United States remains the leader in the number of people infected and died, where a total of 29 million 283 thousand 988 infected with COVID-19 were detected, 530 thousand 713 deaths were recorded, about 20 million people were cured.

The second place in the number of people infected is India, where the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic amounted to 11 million 308 thousand 846, the number of deaths – 158 thousand 306, about 11 million people have recovered.

The third position in the world in terms of the number of infected people is in Brazil. Here, during the pandemic, 11 million 177 thousand 717 cases were registered, of which 272 thousand 889 people died, more than 9.9 million were cured.

According to the portal Worldometer, which specializes in statistics on the most important world events, the death rate per 1 million of the world's population was 338.9 on Wednesday morning. In the United States, 1 thousand 636 people died per 1 million inhabitants, in India – 114, Brazil – 1 thousand 279.