The number of confirmed cases of contamination of coronavirus in the world exceeded 123.41 million, an increase in the last day by more than 393 thousand. This is a significant smaller increase in the number of those infected than the previous 24 hours when more than 45 thousand sicks were registered, testify published On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) data reports TASS.
As of 18:52 (GMT + 4), on March 23, information about 123,419,065 infected and 2,719,63 dead was received in WHO. The number of infected increased by 393,531, dead – by 7 151.
From Sunday, on Monday, 455,964 new cases of coronavirus infection and 7,291 are found in the world and 7,291 lethal output.
WHO statistics take into account only officially confirmed information on cases of infection and death provided by states.
More than 41% of infection cases reported in WHO over the past day, falls on Europe (162 860), in second place – North and South America (122 262), on the third – Southeast Asia (50 380 ).
Most confirmed infection cases are registered in USA – 29 537 163. Next, Brazil follows (11 998 233), India (11 686 796), Russia (4,474 610), United Kingdom (4 301 929), France (4,227 202), Italy (3,400 877), Spain (3 228 803), Turkey (3 035 338), Germany (2 674 710), Colombia (2 337 150) and Argentina (2 245 771).