Coronavirus pandemic is spreading faster and the number of cases is growing rapidly. The total COVID-19 death toll reached 6,000 today. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported for 162,654 cases with 6,069 deaths. The spread of coronavirus worldwide pushed the organization to announce a pandemic situation. Many governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to curb the virus. Emergencies and quarantine are just part of the measures taken by the countries.

China, where the coronavirus started, has 80,849 cases with 3,199 deaths. The epidemic situation is not much serious with 56.2 cases per one million people. However, the authorities in the country are taking serious measures to get the situation under control, including the several weeks’ blockage and extension of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Italy is the country with the most serious rate of infection. The country has 349.9 confirmed cases per one million population. Currently, Italy reports 21,157 cases with 1,441 deaths. The world’s eighth biggest economy, with more than 60 million inhabitants, entered virtual quarantine.

Iran has 13,938 cases and 724 casualties, while South Korea has 8,162 cases with 75 deaths.

Spain is the second highest affected country in Europe. The country has 7,753 with a death toll of 291. The reason is the large inflow of tourists, which brought the virus in the borders of the country.

The situation is the European largest economies, Germany and France, are also serious with 5,426 and 4,499 confirmed cases, respectively.

The USA has 3,083 confirmed cases and 60 deaths. The country imposed a travel ban on Europe earlier, but during the weekend the White House Coronavirus Task Force, federal officials added the United Kingdom and Ireland to a travel ban, and President Trump signaled that the administration is considering domestic travel restrictions.

Switzerland and Norway are particularly hardly affected by the epidemic with infection rate of 256.2 and 222.3 per 1 million inhabitants.