The number of registered cases of infection with the COVID-19 coronavirus worldwide as of the morning of 9 September stood at 222 million 564 thousand 649. This is evidenced by data from the American Johns Hopkins University. Since the start of the spread of the virus, the number of deaths from illnesses related to COVID-19 has reached 4 million 596 thousand 53 people.
Among the countries that have recorded more than 20 million cases of COVID-19 infection are the United States, India and Brazil. The United States remains the leader in the number of infected and dead, where a total of 40 million 456 thousand 788 cases of COVID-19 have been detected, while the number of deaths has reached 652 thousand 672.
India ranks second in the number of infected, where the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 33 million 139 thousand 12, while the number of deaths from the consequences of infection stands at 441 thousand 749 people.
Brazil ranks third in the world in the number of infected, where during the pandemic period 20 million 928 thousand 8 cases of illness have been recorded, and 584 thousand 421 people have died.
According to Worldometer data, the mortality rate per 1 million inhabitants of the planet as of the morning of 1 September stood at 591.5.
In the United States, 2014 people per 1 million residents have died, in India — 316, in Brazil — 2727, according to Interfax.
