Coronavirus world: over 154 thousand deaths, 3.5 million cases. Use the hardest hit, then Italy and Spain

2020-04-18T04:22:15.844Z

There are over 154 thousand coronavirus victims in the world, and more than 3 million 550 thousand cases. It is the most recent estimate by John Hopkins University, which sees the sad ranking led by the USA (37 thousand deaths and 700 thousand cases), followed by Italy (22,700 deaths and 170 thousand infections) and Spain (20 thousand deaths and 190 thousand infections). The United States has therefore exceeded 700,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. It is learned from the Johns Hopkins University report. In the United States there is the highest number of infections and deaths in the world: 700,282 cases, 36,773 deaths (+3,856 in the last 24 hours). The number of coronavirus-infected in Latin America reached 90,059 tonight, of which 4,247 died. This is what emerges from a statistic elaborated by the Ansa on the situation existing in 34 Latin American countries and territories. In just three days, the region has gone from 80,120 infections and 3,364 deaths to today's toll. Brazil continues to be the first country in the region by number of cases and deaths, recording over a third of Latin American positives with 32,682 confirmed cases, and half of the victims, equal to 2,141. After Brazil, the second country by number of infections in the region is Peru, which records 13,489 positive cases and 300 fatal victims. Chile follows, with 9,252 infections and 116 coronavirus deaths. Ecuador is the fourth country in Latin America for confirmed numbers (8,450) to which are added 421 deaths, continuing to be the country in the region most affected by the pandemic in relation to the population. In the list of countries with over a thousand registered cases, Mexico (6,297 positive and 486 dead), the Dominican Republic (4,126 and 200), Panama (4,016 and 109), Colombia (3,439 and 153) and Argentina (follow) 2,758 and 129).