Global coronavirus cases exceeds 244 million

The total number of people infected with the coronavirus worldwide since the start of the pandemic has exceeded 244 million. The data is published by the platform worldometers. According to the same statistics, Covid-19 claimed the life of more than 4.96 million people worldwide to date. The number of people who recovered from the virus exceeds 221 million.

There are currently more than 18 million active cases of infection worldwide.

The highest number of coronavirus infections - 46.3 million cases - is confirmed in the United States, followed by India with more than 34.1 million cases, followed by Brazil, the United Kingdom and Russia.