Iran Press/America: Eleven countries around the world, including the US, have recorded more than 50,000 cases so far, and five countries have recorded more than 20,000 deaths, the Guardian reported.
But official statistics are only capturing confirmed cases. With most countries struggling to test everyone who shows symptoms, the number of COVID-19-related deaths is likely much higher.
These people might have died at home, in nursing homes, or in hospitals where testing was unavailable.
The United Kingdom yesterday became the fifth country in the world to record more than 20,000 deaths, after Italy, the United States, Spain and France. Just weeks ago, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, said that limiting deaths to around 20,000 would be a "good outcome."
The US, meanwhile, is nearing 1 million cases. More than 53,600 Americans have died so far, with New York state alone recording more than 22,000 coronavirus deaths.
More than 7,000 people have died after being infected by the novel coronavirus in Belgium, the country’s crisis center said in a statement on Sunday.
“A total of 7,094 people have died, an increase of 178 in the last 24 hours,” the statement said. “With regard to these 178 deaths, 75 have occurred in hospital and 103 in rest and care home.”
On Sunday, Russia reported 6,361 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 80,949, its coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement.
India has been under nationwide lockdown since March 24, with no plan to relax restriction until at least May 3.
As of Sunday, the country has reported 26,496 coronavirus cases and 825 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
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