The worst affected, in actual terms, is the United States, where just over 200,000 people have died.

Countries such as Brazil, India and Mexico are also hard hit.

In terms of the number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, the list among the world's largest countries is topped by Peru with 100 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

In this respect, Sweden is also relatively hard hit with around 58 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

"Terrible figure"

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says, in an interview with Swedish Radio, that "it is of course a terrible figure", but emphasizes at the same time that it should not be exaggerated but must be put in relation to other diseases around the world.

- It is a fairly small number compared to many other diseases that cause death, he says and adds:

- We must not be fooled into thinking that this is the only problem we have in the world when it comes to global health.

Anders Tegnell further states that it may take some time before we can live as we did before the pandemic and that the key to combating future pandemics lies in cooperation between different countries.

- We need to see the signals as early as possible and sometimes we may be able to break it before it has time to spread.