Corona update worldwide

Country Cases Deaths Region United States 107,203,496 1,166,913 North America India 44,993,282 531,893 Asia France 40,122,057 167,548 Europe Germany 38,428,685 174,352 Europe Brazil 37,639,324 703,399 South America Japan (+Diamond Princess) 33,804,284 74,707 Asia South Korea 31,904,667 34,893 Asia Italy 25,887,444 190,706 Europe United Kingdom 24,618,436 226,278 Europe Russia 22,949,243 399,339 Europe Turkey 17,232,066 102,174 Asia Spain 13,905,048 121,622 Europe Australia 11,672,767 21,463 Australia/Oceania Vietnam 11,619,016 43,206 Asia Taiwan 10,239,998 19,005 Asia Argentina 10,054,251 130,509 South America Netherlands 8,610,372 22,992 Europe Mexico 7,628,640 334,256 North America Iran 7,612,280 146,290 Asia Indonesia 6,810,943 161,839 Asia Poland 6,517,557 119,622 Europe Colombia 6,369,916 142,780 South America Greece 6,095,350 37,052 Europe Austria 6,079,764 22,523 Europe Portugal 5,590,870 26,824 Europe Ukraine 5,557,995 112,418 Europe Chile 5,288,003 64,497 South America Malaysia 5,108,586 37,110 Asia Israel 4,827,640 12,552 Asia Belgium 4,800,759 34,364 Europe North Korea 4,772,813 74 Asia Thailand 4,747,752 34,232 Asia Canada 4,684,456 52,751 North America Czech Republic (Czechia) 4,642,514 42,807 Europe Peru 4,507,896 220,695 South America Switzerland 4,406,609 14,452 Europe Philippines 4,157,894 66,481 Asia South Africa 4,076,463 102,595 Africa Romania 3,406,169 68,217 Europe Denmark 3,182,136 8,737 Europe Hong Kong 2,909,483 13,819 Asia Sweden 2,711,671 24,489 ...

• • • • Scientists conducting research on novel coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were the first humans to contract COVID-19, according to a new report. “Patients zero” included Ben Hu, Ping Yu and Yan Zhu — scientists researching SARS-like viruses at the institute, according to an investigation by journalists Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi The three scientists were researching “gain-of-function” experiments with the virus — which increases its infectiousness and makes pathogens stronger in order to better understand their dangers — when they became sick in the fall of 2019, multiple US government officials reportedly told the journalists. The new details were revealed about four months after FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau believes that the horrific COVID-19 virus responsible for millions of deaths “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan, China,” Wray said In 2019, two of the allegedly infected scientists, Hu and Yu, “Patients zero” included Ben Hu, Ping Yu and Yan Zhu — scientists who conducted research on SARS-like viruses at the institute, according to the journalists’ investigation. AP Hu studied under virologist Shi Zhengli who is known as “the bat woman of China” for her research on SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin. Zhengli has come under intense scrutiny since the outbreak of COVID-19 was traced back to Wuhan. “Ben Hu is essentially the ...

US 1,012,833 308.6 87,030,788 Brazil 672,033 318.4 32,535,923 India 525,242 38.4 43,531,650 Russia 373,595 258.8 18,173,480 Mexico 325,793 255.4 6,093,835 Peru 213,579 657.0 3,640,061 UK 177,890 266.2 22,232,377 Italy 168,604 279.6 18,805,756 Indonesia 156,758 57.9 6,095,351 France 146,406 218.3 30,584,880 Iran 141,404 170.5 7,240,564 Germany 141,397 170.1 28,542,484 Colombia 140,070 278.3 6,175,181 Argentina 129,109 287.3 9,394,326 Poland 116,435 306.6 6,016,526 Ukraine 112,459 253.4 5,040,518 Spain 108,111 229.6 12,818,184 South Africa 101,812 173.9 3,995,291 Turkey 99,057 118.7 15,180,444 Romania 65,755 339.7 2,927,187 Philippines 60,602 56.1 3,709,386 Chile 58,617 309.3 4,030,267 Hungary 46,647 477.5 1,928,125 Vietnam 43,088 44.7 10,749,324 Canada 42,001 111.7 3,958,155 Czech Republic 40,324 377.9 3,936,870 Bulgaria 37,260 534.1 1,174,216 Malaysia 35,784 112.0 4,575,809 Ecuador 35,745 205.7 913,798 Belgium 31,952 278.2 4,265,296 Japan 31,328 24.8 9,405,007 Thailand 30,736 44.1 4,534,017 Pakistan 30,403 14.0 1,539,275 Greece 30,327 283.0 3,729,199 Bangladesh 29,174 17.9 1,980,974 Tunisia 28,691 245.3 1,052,180 Iraq 25,247 64.2 2,359,755 Egypt 24,723 24.6 515,645 South Korea 24,576 47.5 18,413,997 Portugal 24,149 235.2 5,171,236 Netherlands 22,383 129.1 8,203,898 Bolivia 21,958 190.7 931,955 Slovakia 20,147 369.4 2,551,116 Austria 20,068 226.1 4,499,570 Myanmar 19,434 36.0 613,659 Sweden 19,124 185.9 2,519,199 Kazakhstan 19,018 102.7 1,396,584 Paraguay 18,994 269.6 660,8...

The COVID-19 pandemic is receding fast into our collective memory. But the virus that caused it lives on in our sewers, our backyards and maybe even curled up in a sunny spot on the living room floor. The coronavirus that prompted At least The coronavirus’ ability to infect so many different animals, and to spread within some of those populations, is worrying news: It means there’s virtually no chance the world will ever be rid of this particularly destructive coronavirus, scientists said. Two new studies build on evidence that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 jumped to humans in a Wuhan market, and did so twice. When a virus that has made humans sick recedes but continues to circulate within a population of animals, those creatures become what scientists call a The virus may adapt to its animal host by flipping a few genetic switches. The result could be a pathogen that the human immune system no longer recognizes, or that causes more severe illness than the last time around. To do real damage, animal reservoirs must be in regular contact with people. They may be livestock on farms, family pets or wildlife neighbors who leave their saliva or droppings in our yards or on hiking trails. Whether any particular species can be said to serve as a reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 is a hotly debated question among scientists right now, said (Laura Ungar / Associated Press) Virologists, immunologists and wildlife scientists have shown that a few species have some of the capabilities n...