More than 145 thousand victims worldwide for pandemics. China revises upwards: 1,290 more dead

2020-04-17T06:10:32.399Z

Over 145,000 people worldwide have died due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is what emerges from the count by Johns Hopkins University. The new figure comes after the task force for prevention and control in Wuhan, the city of China from where Covid-19 started, corrected the death toll in the metropolis upwards, updating it from 2,579 to 3,869. The number of cases worldwide exceeded 2 million 100 thousand, with 2,158,033 cases confirmed. This, according to Johns Hopkins, the list of the ten nations most affected by the coronavirus: United States: 667,225 infections (33,286 victims) Spain: 184,948 infections (19,315 victims) Italy: 168,941 infections (22,170 victims) France: 147,091 infections (17,941 victims) Germany: 137,698 infections (4,052 victims) United Kingdom: 104,145 infections (13,759 victims) China: 83,403 infections (4,636 victims) Iran: 77,995 infections (4,869 victims) Turkey: 74,193 infections (1,643 victims) Belgium: 34,809 infections (4,857 victims) Wuhan city in central China today reviewed its confirmed case numbers and deaths from the new coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the results of the reviews, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan until April 16 has been increased by 325, to 50,333, the total number of deaths has been increased by 1,290, to 3,869. In a statement, the headquarters for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan said that the reviews were carried out in accordance with the related laws and regulations, as well as the principle of being responsible for history, people and of the dead.