There are over 50 million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States, with nearly 10 million coronavirus cases, is the country with the most affected population, followed immediately by India and Brazil. In the United States, at least 230,000 people have died from the disease.
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic on March 11.
This site allows you to track the global spread of the Chinese coronavirus in real time.
Business Insider's John Haltwanger said the coronavirus has killed more Americans than in every war that American troops have fought since 1945. The leading cause of death for Americans, heart disease, in the United States typically kills about 650,000 people a year.
The pandemic has created uncertainty and volatility, resulting in market shocks, the closure of many small businesses and forcing the world to adapt to new norms.
For nearly nine months, people have been learning to live according to previously unfamiliar laws and guidelines from health authorities. Quarantine, social distancing practices, and the wearing of masks have become the relative norm in most countries.
But as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus continues to rise, WHO says the practice will remain the new normal in 2021 and possibly 2022.
Meanwhile, scientists and pharmaceutical companies are rushing to create a vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
This article was published by Business Insider.
Sources: Photo: (Johns Hopkins COVID Tracker)
