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 The Reuters tally is based on official reporting by individual
countries. Experts believe the true numbers of both cases and deaths
are likely much higher, given deficiencies in testing and potential
under-reporting by some countries.
The Reuters data shows the pace of the pandemic continues to pick
up. It took just 32 days to go from 30 million global cases to 40
million, compared with the 38 days it took to get from 20 to 30
million, the 44 days between 10 and 20 million, and the three months
it took to reach 10 million cases from when the first cases were
reported in Wuhan, China, in early January.
Record one-day increases in new infections were seen at the end of
last week, with global coronavirus cases rising above 400,000 for
the first time.
There were an average of around 347,000 cases each day over the past
week, compared with 292,000 in the first week of October.
The United States, India, and Brazil remain the worst affected
countries in the world. COVID-19 cases in North, Central, and South
America represent about 47.27% or nearly half of global cases.
Around 247 cases are seen per 10,000 people in the United States.
For India and Brazil, those numbers stand at 55 cases and 248 cases
per 10,000 people respectively.
New cases are growing at over 150,000 a day in Europe, as many
countries including Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland,
Ukraine, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic have reported record daily
increases in the number of coronavirus infections.
Europe currently accounts for over 17% of the global cases and
nearly 22% of the deaths related to the virus worldwide.
Parts of the UK were put into lockdown as Prime Minister Boris
Johnson bid to contain a second wave of infections through local
measures.
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France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools,
canceling surgeries, and enlisting student medics.
President Donald Trump called for a big economic stimulus as U.S. infections
surpassed eight million, with record spikes in several states.
States across the Midwest are seeing a rise in coronavirus cases, with new
infections and hospitalizations rising to record levels.
India's cumulative tally of coronavirus infections stood at 7.43 million on
Saturday, with the number of active infections slipping below 800,000 for the
first time in 1.5 months.
Iran, the Middle Eastern country hardest-hit by the coronavirus, extended
restrictions and closures in the capital Tehran into a third week on Saturday as
its death toll rose above 30,000.
Since the pandemic started, over 1.1 million people have died due to COVID-19,
with the global fatality rate hovering around 2.8% of the total cases.
An official at the World Health Organization has said the global death toll from
COVID-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used
and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic.
(Reporting by Shaina Ahluwalia and Roshan Abraham in Bengaluru; Editing by
Lincoln Feast)
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