The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the world as of Thursday morning reached 606 million 887 thousand 337, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University.

Since the beginning of the spread of the virus in the world, 6 million 507 thousand 958 people have died from the consequences of infection with COVID-19. Countries with more than 25 million infections include the US, India, Brazil, France, Germany, the UK, Italy and South Korea.

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

• USA – 95 million 20 thousand 834 and 1 million 48 thousand 989.
• India – 44 million 478 thousand 636 and 528 thousand 90.
• France – 34 million 859 thousand 956 and 155 thousand 419.
• Brazil – 34 million 477 thousand 539 and 684 thousand 425 (data not updated since Tuesday)
• Germany – 32 million 386 thousand 89 and 148 thousand 98.
• United Kingdom – 23 million 738 thousand 90 and 206 thousand 319 (data not updated since Tuesday)
• Italy – 21 million 987 thousand 295 and 176 thousand
• South Korea – 23 million 864 thousand 560 and 27 thousand 313.

According to the portal Worldometers, which specializes in statistics on the most important world events, the death rate per 1 million people on the planet as of Thursday morning was 835.1. In India, 375 people died per 1 million inhabitants, Brazil – 3 thousand 172, France – 2 thousand 354, Germany – 1 thousand 755, Great Britain – 2 thousand 742, Italy – 2 thousand 920, South Korea – 532. No data available for the USA.

During the pandemic, 12 billion 182 million 856 thousand injections of vaccines against COVID-19 were made in the world.