"Reuters”, a news agency published today, Thursday, a count of infections with the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19) around the world exceeded 175,18 million confirmed cases after 19 months since the outbreak of the disease in December 2019.
The death toll of the deadly virus hit 3,9 million cases according to the agency.
The infections with COVID-19 were reported in more than 210 countries across the planet.
The United States of America (USA) tops in the number of infections that is estimated at 33, 55 million cases along with some 600 thousand deaths.
India ranked second with 29,8 million infections and 353 thousand deaths.
The authorized numbers published by Reuters revealed that Brazil comes third among the most affected by the Coronavirus with 17,3 million thousand infections and 476 thousand deaths.
Six European countries placed fourth to tenth among the leading nations affected by VOVID-19.
These countries are France, Turkey, Russia, the United Kingdom (UK), and Italy in a row.
The average of infections in the European nations reached four million infections approximately.
But Argentina ranked ninth among the most damaged counties in the world with the Coronavirus with 4,8 million infections.
However, Spain is the tenth country that is the worst affected by COVID-19 with 3,7 million infections.
Iraq tops the Arab countries that are affected by the Coronavirus with 1,23 million confirmed cases and 16,6 thousand deaths.
Jordan comes second with 741 thousand infections and 9549 deaths and it followed directly by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that has registered 589 thousand infections and 1710 deaths.
Lebanon, Morocco, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) placed fourth, fifth, and sixth among the Arab countries that are hit badly by COVID-19.
Those countries registered 541, 522, and 461 thousand infections in a row.
Strict precautionary health measurements taken by some Arab countries resulted in reducing the infections and deaths in those countries.