The number of infected COVID 19 in the world increased by 76 thousand

The number of people infected with coronavirus in the world has increased in recent days more than 76 thousand, which is more than than 6 thousand more than the previous day. The number of confirmed deaths has increased by nearly 8 thousand, which is also more than the previous day, reported Thursday in the daily news Bulletin of the world health organization (who).

As of 11:00 Moscow time on April 16 in the world was registered 1 991 562 885 HIV-infected and 130 deaths. Incidence increased during the day on 76 647 and the number of deaths – 7 875. Most infected and dead in Europe: 1 013 093 89 and 317 cases, respectively. During the day, the number of people infected have increased by 35 497 and died on 4 710.

In North and South America, the coronavirus has infected a total of 707 121 30 245 died. The number of infections per day – 33 760 – this region is inferior to Europe, died in the last 24 hours there are also less – 2 909.

The third position in number of people infected in the world is Western-Pacific region, which, in particular, include China, Republic of Korea and Japan. As of April 16, there were revealed 125 571 239 infected and 4 deaths.

As published in the who table, the countries most cases registered in the United States – 604 070. This is followed by Spain (177 633), Italy (155 165), Germany (130 450), France (105 155), UK (98 480), China (83 797), Iran (76 389), Turkey (69 of 392) and Belgium (33 573).

Outbreak caused by coronavirus disease was recorded at the end of 2019 in Central China, has spread to most countries and recognized by the who as a pandemic.