COVID-19 cases climb to 1.2 million; Spain moves ahead of Italy, USA tops with 300,000 cases

Coronavirus cases worldwide have crossed the 1.2 million mark as a surge in cases in several western countries continued on Saturday. As per latest figures, the USA saw 34,000 new cases to take its overall tally to 311,357, by far the most by any country. Spain with 126,168 has gone ahead of Italy as far as number of COVID-19 cases is concerned with the latter being third with 124,632 cases. 

Italy, however, remains the country with most COVID-19 deaths with 15,362 casualties. Spain comes next in the list with 11,947 deaths followed by USA with 8,452 deaths. 

France, which has seen a sudden spike in its deaths in the last few days, saw over 1,000 deaths again yesterday taking its total to 7,560

India currently has 3072 coronavirus cases including 75 deaths. This number has significantly gone up in the recent days after the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi acted as a major carrier in transferring the disease to all parts of the country. In the national capital New Delhi, amongst the 445 confirmed cases of COVID-19, over 60% are those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat incident. 

Chinese health authorities reported 30 new coronavirus cases Sunday, including 25 people who had arrived from overseas. The other five cases were in southern China’s Guangdong province, which borders Hong Kong.

China has clamped down on international arrivals, banning most foreigners from entering and limiting foreign airlines to one flight per week. Having largely stopped the spread of the disease, the fear is that infected people coming from abroad could spark new outbreaks.

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	Active Cases	Serious, Critical	Tot Cases/ 1M pop	Deaths/ 1M pop	Total Tests	Tests/ 1M pop
World	1,202,435	+992	64,729	+41	246,638	891,068	42,290	154	8.3
USA	311,635	+278	8,454	+2	14,825	288,356	8,206	941	26	1,632,955	4,933
Spain	126,168		11,947		34,219	80,002	6,532	2,699	256	355,000	7,593
Italy	124,632		15,362		20,996	88,274	3,994	2,061	254	657,224	10,870
Germany	96,092		1,444		26,400	68,248	3,936	1,147	17	918,460	10,962
France	89,953		7,560		15,438	66,955	6,838	1,378	116	224,254	3,436
China	81,669	+30	3,329	+3	76,964	1,376	295	57	2
Iran	55,743		3,452		19,736	32,555	4,103	664	41	186,000	2,214
UK	41,903		4,313		135	37,455	163	617	64	183,190	2,698
Turkey	23,934		501		786	22,647	1,311	284	6	161,380	1,913
Switzerland	20,505		666		6,415	13,424	391	2,369	77	153,440
Belgium	18,431		1,283		3,247	13,901