Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 25 Million... Comparable to Australia's Population Size

Over 5 Million More in Just 20 Days After Surpassing 20 Million on the 9th

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] The total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) worldwide has surpassed 25 million. This is comparable to the population size of Australia.

According to the international statistics site Worldometer, as of 9 PM on the 29th (Greenwich Mean Time; 6 AM on the 30th in Korean time), the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide was approximately 25,092,000.

After COVID-19 was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31 of last year, it took about 180 days until June 27 for the number of confirmed cases to exceed 10 million. It then took only about 40 days to surpass 20 million cases by the 9th of this month. It took just over 20 days to go from 20 million to 25 million cases.

This is comparable to the population size of Australia, which, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, was approximately 25.52 million at the end of last year.

Considering that the daily number of new confirmed cases recently has been around 250,000, the total number of confirmed cases is expected to soon exceed the population size of Australia.

The total number of COVID-19 deaths currently stands at approximately 844,000, approaching 850,000. The daily death toll ranges from 5,000 to 6,000.

The country with the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths is the United States, with approximately 6,129,000 confirmed cases and 186,000 deaths according to Worldometer. About 20% of the world's confirmed cases and deaths have occurred in the United States.

Brazil follows with approximately 3,819,000 confirmed cases and 120,000 deaths. India ranks third with approximately 3,539,000 confirmed cases and 63,000 deaths, followed by Russia with approximately 985,000 confirmed cases and 17,000 deaths.

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