The world reached this Monday (7) the mark of 6 million deaths confirmed by Covid-19, a disease that continues to claim victims more than two years after the first case was recorded in Wuhan, China. The count is from Johns Hopkins University. The previous milestone of 5 million was reached on November 1, 2021.
The number of coronavirus cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic exceeds 446 million. Due to underreporting of infections and deaths, the real number of victims of the disease may be even higher. An analysis carried out by a team at The Economist at the end of last year puts the figure closer to reality at between 14.1 million and 23.8 million.
Brazil is the second country with the most deaths from coronavirus – there are more than 652 thousand deaths, according to Johns Hopkins. This Sunday (6), the country recorded 219 deaths from Covid and 15,810 cases. In addition, 80.55% of the population received at least the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and 72.5% completed the first vaccine cycle. Those who received the booster dose add up to 30.76%.
The United States continues to lead the ranking of countries with the highest number of deaths. In all, the country recorded more than 958 thousand deaths.
After Brazil, in third position, they occupy the list of the ten nations with the most deaths caused by Covid-19, in absolute numbers: India (515,100), Russia (349,200), Mexico (319,900) , Peru (210.9 thousand), United Kingdom (162.1 thousand), Italy (155.9 thousand), Indonesia (150.2 thousand) and France (139 thousand).
The advance of vaccination against Covid has slowed the death rate from the disease in the world in recent months, but the ômicron variant, combined with the unequal distribution of immunizations and the action of anti-vaccine movements, have hampered efforts to combat the pandemic in several countries.
According to the Our World in Data platform, more than 10.8 billion doses have been applied worldwide. 63.27% of the world population has already received at least one injection, while those who completed the first vaccination cycle are 56.05% and those who received a booster dose are just over 18%.
