Mito (Japan), August 11
The number of confirmed cases worldwide topped 20 million on Tuesday, more than half of them from the US, India and Brazil.
Health officials believe the actual number is much higher than that tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, given testing limitations and the fact that as many as 40% of those who are infected have no symptoms.
An AP analysis of data through August 9 showed the US, India and Brazil together accounted for nearly two-thirds of all reported infections since the world hit 15 million cases on July 22. The number of new daily cases has continued to rise in India, hitting a rolling seven-day average of 58,768. In the US, which has more than 5 million cases, the average has decreased since July 22, but remains high at 53,813 new cases a day.
In 45 days, it took global reported infections to double to 20 million, the number of reported virus deaths climbed to 7,36,191 from 4,99,506, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. That's 2,36,685 new deaths, an average of more than 5,200 a day. — AP
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