Coronavirus Infects 19,4 Million, Kills 720 Thousand

The Coronavirus has claimed lives of 720 thousand people and infected more than 19.4 million around the world so far.

Epidemiologists across the globe warn that the number of victims of the deadly virus continues to rise steadily in various parts of the planet as the number of deaths is still increasing according to the latest statistics.

The United States of America (USA) tops the list of countries most affected by the outbreak of the pandemic, as it has so far recorded more than 161,000 deaths, while the number of infections in it has approached 5 million.

According to the latest figures and data from Johns Hopkins University, about 100,000 people have died in Brazil so far as a result of the outbreak of the pandemic, and two million and 962 thousand infections have been recorded since the start of the outbreak.

Mexico ranks third, where the death toll exceeded 51,000, and the number of injuries reached more than 469,000.

In Britain, which ranks fourth in the list of countries most affected by the outbreak of the epidemic, 46,500 people died, and the number of infections exceeded 310,000.

In India, the Coronavirus has claimed 42,500 lives, and about 2.1 million infections have been recorded since the start of the pandemic.

Italy ranks fifth, with more than 35,000 deaths, and nearly 250,000 infections so far.

In France, more than 30,000 people died, and the number of injuries reached 235,000, followed by Spain, where the epidemic claimed 28,500 lives, and about 315,000 injuries were recorded.

In Peru, the number of deaths exceeded 20 thousand, and the number of injured reached more than 463 thousand people.

It should be noted that the death rate varies from one country to another, as Russia ranks fourth in the world in terms of the number of infections, after the United States, Brazil and India, with 875,000 infections, but the number of deaths in Russia has not exceeded 14,700 since the start of the pandemic.

The United Nation (UN) has issued a report draws a dreadful image of the world economy after the outbreak of disease.

The report warns of precedent rates of unemployment and poverty in the world during the period to come as an expected fallout of the Coronavirus which threatens the planet now.

The deadly virus ( known also as the COVID-19) has infected more than three million people in the world ut till now.

The UN report indicated that about 195 million persons will lose jobs due to the Coronavirus.

This leads to more poverty and other social problems in the world. Experts of the UN stressed that economic crisis related to the COVID-19 pushes the world economy towards depression like the great Depression that hit the world economy in the end of the 30's of the 20th century.

The report went on to say that the small and medium-sized firms, farmers, refugees, immigrants are the most vulnerable categories which inflicted by the impacts of the Coronavirus.

The economists warn that the world is about to enter into a new passive depression over the period to come.

The envisioned slump will be the most dangerous since the 1930's.

Many governments across the globe have ordered their national companies to suspend their activities and instructed their peoples to stay at home.

Despite the sinister expectations, the experts affirm that the depression may hold for a short period.

Economists at the Stanley Morgan Bank forecast the slump will run for short range.

But they point out that economies of the developed nations will return to the previous levels of growth by the third quarter of the next year.

However, the International Labor Organization (ILO) has warned that the Coronavirus would leave about one billion at the age of work, without jobs in all parts of the planet.

The organization released a statement said that those who will not lose their jobs may suffer from reducing wages. Restaurants, hotels, retail and various industries are the most vulnerable sectors in the world economy.