Global COVID-19 cases top 100M
One person infected every 7.7 seconds; 668,250 incidents reported each day since start of 2021
Since the start of the year, one person has been infected every 7.7 seconds and around 668,250 COVID-19 cases have been reported each day all over the world. It took 11 months to record the first 50 million cases but only three months for the number to double to 100 million. The United States leads the world in the daily average number of new deaths reported—one in every five tallied worldwide each day.
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls.
Almost 1.3 percent of the world’s population has now been infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and more than 2.1 million people have died.
One person has been infected every 7.7 seconds, on average, since the start of the year. Around 668,250 cases have been reported each day over the same period, and the global fatality rate stands at 2.15 percent.
The worst-affected countries—the United States, India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom—make up more than half all reported COVID-19 cases but represent 28 percent of the global population, according to a Reuters analysis.
Do the math
It took the world 11 months to record the first 50 million cases of the pandemic, compared to just three months for cases to double to 100 million.
Around 56 countries have begun vaccinating people for the coronavirus, administering at least 64 million doses. Israel leads the world on per capita vaccinations, inoculating 29 percent of its population with at least one dose.
With over 25 million cases, the United States has 25 percent of all reported COVID cases although it accounts for just 4 percent of the world’s population.
The United States leads the world in the daily average number of new deaths reported, accounting for one in every five deaths reported worldwide each day. With just under 425,00 fatalities, the United States has reported almost twice as many deaths as Brazil, which has the second-highest death toll in the world.
1M every 4 days
As the worst-affected region in the world, Europe is currently reporting a million new infections about every four days and has reported nearly 30 million since the pandemic began. Britain on Tuesday reached 100,000 deaths.
The Eastern European region, including countries like Russia, Poland and Ukraine, contribute to nearly 10 percent of all global COVID-19 cases.
Despite securing deals for vaccine supplies early on, many European countries are facing delays in shipments from both Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc.
In India, the nation with the second-highest number of cases, infections are decreasing, with almost 13,700 new infections reported on average each day— around 15 percent of its peak.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday India was completely self-reliant on coronavirus vaccine supplies as the world’s second-most populous country inoculated more than 1 million people within a week of starting its campaign.
China, which recently marked the first anniversary of the world’s first coronavirus lockdown in the central city of Wuhan, is facing its worst wave of local cases since March last year.
As richer nations race ahead with mass vaccination campaigns, Africa is still scrambling to secure supplies as it grapples with concerns about more-infectious variants of the virus first identified in South Africa and Britain.