According to a summary by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the number of people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus exceeded 250 million worldwide on the 8th of Japan time.
Infections are re-spreading in Europe and Russia, and the WHO (World Health Organization) is calling for accelerated vaccination.
According to a summary by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the number of people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus exceeded 250 million worldwide on the 8th of Japan time, and 200 million as of 7 am on the 9th. There are 50,246,902 people.
The most infected people are
▼ American with
46,574,414
,
followed by
▼ India with 34,366,987,
▼ Brazil with
21,884,439
, and
▼ United Kingdom with
9,379,041
.
In addition, the number of people who have died is 5,054,097 worldwide.
In Europe and elsewhere, the spread of infection continues, and a research institute of the German government announced on the 5th that the number of newly infected people reached 37,120, setting a new record high for the second consecutive day.
In Russia, the number of newly infected people exceeded 41,000 as announced by the government on the 6th, the highest number ever.
WHO is calling on countries to do everything in their power to accelerate the pace of vaccination.