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Washington (AP) - Since the pandemic began a good year ago, more than 2.5 million people have died worldwide after being infected with the corona virus.

That came out on Thursday from data from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

The number of reported deaths has increased by around 500,000 since mid-January alone.

According to the data, there have been almost 113 million confirmed infections with the corona virus worldwide.

Experts assume an even higher number of unreported cases.

The university's website is regularly updated with incoming data and shows a higher level than the official figures from the World Health Organization (WHO).

In some cases, however, the figures have recently been revised downwards again.

According to the WHO, there were 2.49 million confirmed deaths as of Thursday.

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In the USA, most people have so far died in connection with a corona infection in absolute numbers.

There are more than 506,000 deaths there, around a fifth of all corona deaths worldwide.

Behind it comes Brazil with around 250,000 deaths.

In Mexico there are just under 183,000 reported deaths, in India a good 156,000.

In fifth place is Great Britain with 122,000 dead, followed by Italy, France and Russia.

According to the Johns Hopkins data, 69,000 people have died in Germany.

In relation to the number of inhabitants, the number of deaths is highest in some European countries.

In Belgium, for example, according to data from the university, around 192 people per 100,000 people died.

In the Czech Republic this figure is 185, in Great Britain 183. In Italy and Portugal the figure is just under 160 per 100,000 inhabitants.

There are 155 in the USA and 83 in Germany.

The Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus can trigger the disease Covid-19, which can be fatal, especially in elderly or immunocompromised patients.

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