The number of confirmed coronavirus infection-19 (Corona 19) around the world exceeded 25 million.

That's about the size of Australia's population.

According to World O Meter, an international statistics site, as of 9 p.m. on the 29th (GMT, 6 a.m. on the 30th KST), there are 2,5092 thousand cumulative confirmed cases of Corona 19 around the world.

Corona 19, which was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31 last year, reached over 10 million confirmed on June 27, 180 days after the first report, and reached 20 million on the 9th of this month, 40 days later. Stood.

It took only 20 days to increase from 20 million to 5 million.

The number of corona19 confirmed cases has risen to a level comparable to that of Australia, the world's 50th largest.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, at the end of last year, the population of Australia was 25.52 million.

Considering that the number of new confirmed cases per day is around 250,000, the number of confirmed cases is expected to soon exceed the size of the Australian population.

As of the day, the number of Corona 19 deaths reached 850,000, with a total of 844,000.

The death toll per day is between 5,000 and 6,000.

The country with the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths is the United States, with 61,29,000 and 186,000, respectively, based on world-meters.

About 20% of confirmed cases and deaths worldwide came from the United States.

Following the US, Brazil (3819,000 confirmed cases, 120,000 dead), India (3539,000, 63,000), Russia (985,000, 17,000), Peru (639,000) 28,000 people), in that order, the number of confirmed patients.

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