Johns Hopkins Univ.: Coronavirus Infects 2,745 Million People Worldwide

Ahmed Moamar

US johns Hopkins University revealed the Coronvirus has infected 2,745 million people in various parts of the globe so far. The university released a statement said that the daily percentage of infection across the planed hit 80,3 confirmed cases in the last 24 hours.

However, experts of statistics at the university point out that the number of infections on Wednesday hit 64,4 cases.

The university statement added that the Coronavirus invaded 185 countries in all continents and it claimed souls of 190,858 people. On the other hand, more than 738,486 recovered from the disease.

There is no change to the most hurt-countries in the world. The United States of America (USA) tops the damaged countries with 870 thousand infections and 50 thousand deaths. It is followed by Spain, Italy, France and Germany respectively.

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said: "What we know is the total number of confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 to date. Limited testing and challenges in the attribution of the cause of death means that the number of confirmed deaths may not be an accurate count of the true total number of deaths from COVID-19."

ECDC publishes daily updates of confirmed deaths due to COVID-19. We rely on this data as explained above.

"In an ongoing outbreak the final outcomes death or recovery for all cases is not yet known. The time from symptom onset to death ranges from 2 to 8 weeks for COVID-19. This means that some people who are currently infected with COVID-19 will die at a later date," ECDC added.

"To understand the risks and respond appropriately we would also want to know the mortality risk of COVID-19 the likelihood that someone who catches the disease will die from it."

In an outbreak of an infectious disease, it is important to not only study the number of deaths, but also the growth rate at which the number of deaths is increasing. This is because even if the current numbers of deaths are small when compared with other diseases, a fast growth rate can lead to very large numbers rapidly.