As of this morning, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the world has reached 610 million 961 thousand 429, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University.

Since the beginning of the spread of the virus in the world, 6 million 523 thousand 131 people have died from the consequences of infection with COVID-19.

Countries with more than 30 million infections include the United States, India, Brazil, France and Germany.

The number of infected and those who died from the consequences of infection, respectively, amounted to:

USA – 95 million 585 thousand 465 and 1 million 52 thousand 939

India – 44 million 522 thousand 777 and 528 thousand 273

France – 35 million 48 thousand 305 and 155 thousand 684

Brazil – 34 million 568 thousand 833 and 685 thousand 203

Germany – 32 million 643 thousand 742 and 148 thousand 845

According to the Worldometers portal, which specializes in statistics on major world events, the death rate per 1 million people on the planet as of Friday morning was 837.2. In India, 375 people died per 1 million inhabitants, in Brazil – 3174, in France – 2358, in Germany – 1764, in the USA – 3218.