The number of COVID-19 infections in the world exceeded 137.4 million, the number of victims – 2.95 million

The number of detected infections with coronavirus in the world since the beginning of the pandemic on Wednesday morning amounted to 137 million 442 thousand 147, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University.
Worldwide, the number of deaths from diseases associated with COVID-19 increased per day to 2 million 959 thousand 78, about 110 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 terms of the number of infected and deaths, where a total of 31 million 345 thousand 312 infected with COVID-19 were detected, 563 thousand 440 deaths were recorded, more than 24 million people were cured.
The second largest number of people infected is India, where the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic amounted to 13 million 873 thousand 825, the number of deaths – 172 thousand 85, more than 12 million people have recovered.
In the third position in the world in terms of the number of infected Brazil, where during the pandemic 13 million 599 thousand 994 cases were registered, 358 thousand 425 of them died, more than 11 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 381.3 on Wednesday morning. In the United States, 1 thousand 736 people died per 1 million inhabitants, in India – 124, Brazil – 1 thousand 678.