The disease was first detected in SARS-CoV-2 in China at the end of 2019, and since then the virus has been confirmed in more than 177 million people worldwide.
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It took more than a year for the covid-19 to claim the first two million victims. Another two million deaths from the disease were recorded in 166 days in the world, according to a Reuters analysis. Johns Hopkins University of America (JHU), which also monitors statistics, reported a slightly lower global death toll this morning; according to her, it costs 3.8 million.
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In the absolute number of deaths after coronavirus infection, the United States, Brazil, India, Russia and Mexico are in the top five. At the same time, these countries account for 50 percent of all deaths worldwide. In terms of population, Peru, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic and Gibraltar have the most deaths, Reuters reports.
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The worst situation now prevails in Latin American countries; 43 out of 100 all newly reported cases of the disease come from this region. At the same time, nine countries come from the south of the American continent, which have reported the most deaths per capita in the last week. Hospitals in Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay most often accept people aged 25 to 40. In the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, people with covid-19 make up 80 percent of all patients in intensive care units.
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The most deaths in absolute numbers in recent days are reported by India and Brazil, which, among other things, face a shortage of burial sites. One in three deaths reported worldwide per day is from India.
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Some health professionals believe that the number of deaths from covid-19 is globally underestimated. The World Health Organization (WHO) said last month that the pandemic estimated that it claimed two to three times more victims than official statistics said.
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Reuters recalls that many, especially poorer countries, have difficulty vaccinating their populations. On the contrary, in countries such as Britain, which has the highest number of deaths with covid-19 in absolute numbers in Europe, or in the USA, the high number of infections and deaths is declining precisely due to successful vaccination campaigns. Institutions and organizations therefore call on richer countries to donate some vaccines to poorer countries.
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“The main problem in the Americas is not the adoption of the vaccine, but its availability,” head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa Etienne said on Wednesday. She called on vaccine donors to provide doses as soon as possible.
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At the summit last week, economically strong G7 countries promised to provide poor countries with a billion vaccines against covid-19 next year.
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