Global Cases Reach 250 Million... 1 in 5 Is from the US

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[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 250 million. This means that in just three months since surpassing 200 million in August, the number has increased by approximately 50 million.

According to the international statistics site Worldometer, as of 2:18 PM on the 8th, the total number of confirmed cases worldwide is 250,613,449. Deaths have exceeded 5.06 million.

Nearly one in five confirmed cases worldwide occurred in the United States. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the U.S. is the highest at 47,336,577. India ranks second with over 34.36 million cases. Brazil is third with 21,880,439 cases.

In the past three months, Europe has been the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK ranks fourth with a cumulative total of 9,301,909 confirmed cases, following the U.S., India, and Brazil. The UK, which declared 'With Corona,' once had over 40,000 new cases daily but has recently remained in the 30,000 range.

Following the UK is Russia (8,795,095 cases). Despite having independently developed the COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V,' Russia has a relatively low vaccination rate and recently has seen daily deaths exceeding 1,000.

Foreign media analyzed, "The global daily average number of confirmed cases has decreased by 36% compared to three months ago, but due to the spread of the Delta variant, the cumulative number of confirmed cases is increasing by 5 million every 90 days."

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