Reuters daily tally revealed on Wednesday that coronavirus cases worldwide crossed 200 million as the more infectious Delta variant threatens areas with low vaccination rates and strains healthcare systems. The global spike in coronavirus cases is highlighting the widening gap in vaccination rates between wealthy and poor nations. In one-third of the world’s countries, the cases are again rising at a peak, many of which have not even given half their population the first dose.
At least 2.6% of the world’s population has been infected since the pandemic began, with the accurate figure likely higher due to limited testing in many places. According to Reuters analysis, it would be eighth-most populous in the world, behind Nigeria, the number of infected people was a country. According to the analysis it has also been seen that it almost took over a year for the cases to reach the 100 million mark, while the next 100 million were reported in just over six months. Meanwhile, the pandemic has left close to 4.4 million people dead so far.
The countries reporting the most Covid-19 cases on a seven-day average — the US, Brazil, Indonesia, India and Iran that represents about 38% of all global cases reported each day. Meanwhile, one in every seven infections reported worldwide accounts from the US. Nearly 97% of severe cases are reported are in unvaccinated people, according to the White House Covid Response team. Rising cases are also reported in countries in Southeast Asia. The region is reporting almost 15% of all global cases each day with just 8% of the world’s population Reuters analysis found. Indonesia, which faced an exponential spike in coronavirus cases in July, is reporting the most deaths on average that crossed 100,000 total deaths on Wednesday. The country accounts for one in every five deaths reported worldwide each day.
