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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   28 March 2024

COVID-19 latest updates: Canada overtakes China in most confirmed cases

COVID-19 latest updates: Canada overtakes China in most confirmed cases

YEREVAN, MAY 25, ARMENPRESS. The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world has surpassed 5 million 502 thousand, according to the data released by coronavirus research centers.

The death toll is over 346,000.

2 million 302 thousand 469 patients have recovered.

US is leading in the world in terms of the largest number of infected people (1 million 686 thousand 436 confirmed cases). 99,300 deaths were reported.

Brazil overtook Russia and is now the 2nd with a total of 365,213 confirmed cases and 22,746 deaths.

The next is Russia. The total number of cases in Russia has reached 344,481. 3,541 patients have died so far.

Spain has 282,285 confirmed cases. Death toll is 28,752.

UK overtook Italy, confirming 259,559 cases. The death toll has reached 36,793. UK has reported most death cases in Europe, and 2nd in the world after the USA.

Italy reported 229,858 cases and 32,785 deaths so far.

France has reported 182,584 cases and 28,367 deaths.

Germany has confirmed 180,328 cases and 8,371 deaths.

Turkey has recorded 156,827 cases. The deaths comprise 4,340.

The 10th country is India which recorded 138,917 cases. 4,024 people have died in India from coronavirus.

India is followed by Iran – 135,701 confirmed cases and 7,417 deaths.

The next is Peru which recorded 119,959 cases.

Canada surpassed China, where the COVID-19 outbreak started. Canada confirmed 84,699 cases.

China confirmed a total of 82,985 cases. 11 new cases have been confirmed in the country in the past one day. The death toll here is 4,634.

Georgia confirmed 730 cases of coronavirus and 12 deaths.

Among the Arab states Qatar overtook the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the most confirmed cases – 43,714. The death toll has reached 23 in Qatar. The number of infected people in the UAE is 29,485. 245 death cases have been registered here. In Kuwait the number of confirmed cases is 21,302, that of the deaths is 156. Egypt reported 17,265 confirmed cases and 764 deaths. Iraq confirmed 4,469 cases and 160 deaths. 1,114 cases have been reported in Lebanon, the deaths comprise 26. Syria’s confirmed cases reached 86. 4 death cases have been registered.

In late December 2019, Chinese authorities notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, central China. WHO declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and named the virus COVID-19. 

According to the data of the World Health Organization, coronavirus cases have been confirmed in more than 212 countries and territories.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 








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