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Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with more than 30 million confirmed cases in 188 countries and a death toll fast approaching one million.

Six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a pandemic, the virus is surging in many countries and some that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again.

But the number of confirmed cases during the spring peak is likely to be an underestimate of the true level of infection, as widespread testing was not available in many countries earlier in the year.

mapped Confirmed cases around the world Zoom to The world Africa North America Latin America & Caribbean Asia Europe Middle East Oceania Show 29,818,908 cases 940,640 deaths version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? Group 4 Please upgrade your browser to see the full interactive Circles show number of confirmed coronavirus cases per country. Source: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies

Note: The map, table and animated bar chart in this page use a different source for figures for France from that used by Johns Hopkins University, which results in a slightly lower overall total. US figures do not include Puerto Rico, Guam or the US Virgin Islands.

Where are cases and deaths rising?

A number of regions have seen new coronavirus cases rise over the last few months, with India driving numbers in Asia.

The official number of confirmed infections in India has surpassed five million, the second-highest in the world after the US.

The virus appears to be spreading much faster in India than elsewhere, with the country recording about 100,000 cases a day.

The rise in infections comes as the government continues to lift restrictions to try to boost an economy, but the surge is also a reflection of increased testing. More than a million tests were carried out each day in August.

India has maintained a relatively low death rate, however, given the size of its population.

In Latin America, Brazil has the highest number of deaths, with more than 130,000 so far. It has also recorded more than four million cases, the third highest in the world.

Newly confirmed cases in the region are also rising in Argentina, which recently became the tenth country to record more than half a million infections.

In the Middle East, Iran has been badly affected by the virus and documents leaked to the BBC Persian service suggest the death toll there is more than double the official total of about 24,000. Neighbouring Iraq has also seen a spike in cases.

Cases are also continuing to rise in Indonesia and the country has recorded more than 9,000 deaths - the highest number in South East Asia.

Africa has recorded more than a million confirmed cases, although the true extent of the pandemic in the continent is not known. Testing rates are reported to be low, which could distort official estimates. South Africa and Egypt have seen the largest recorded outbreaks so far on the continent.

Coronavirus cases rising again in Europe

Several European countries are recording a rising number of daily cases amid fears of a resurgence of the virus.

Hans Kluge, the director general of the WHO's Europe office, has likened Covid-19 to a "tornado with a long tail" and warned that rising cases among young people could spread the disease to more vulnerable older people.

A number of European countries have re-imposed local lockdowns in their worst-affected regions, and there have been renewed appeals for people to wear face coverings and follow social distancing rules.

The pattern of rising infections following the end of lockdown restrictions is not limited to Europe.

Israel has imposed a new national lockdown after recording a record number of daily cases in recent days.

Other countries that have seen a resurgence of the virus include Peru, South Korea and Australia - although following the reintroduction of tougher restrictions most of these are now seeing cases fall again.

In the table below, countries can be reordered by deaths, death rate and total cases. In the coloured bars on the right-hand side, countries in which cases have risen to more than 5,000 per day are those with black bars on the relevant date.

data in detail Scroll table to see more data Filter: The world Africa North America Latin America & Caribbean Asia Europe Middle East Oceania Country Deaths Death rate* Total Cases 0 10 100 1k 5k ** New Cases US 195,344 59.7 6,565,191 Brazil 133,119 63.6 4,382,263 India 82,066 6.1 5,020,359 Mexico 71,678 56.8 676,487 UK 41,664 62.1 374,228 Italy 35,633 58.8 289,990 France 30,950 47.6 387,252 Peru 30,927 96.7 738,020 Spain 30,004 64.3 603,167 Iran 23,453 28.7 407,353 Colombia 23,288 46.9 728,590 Russia 18,723 12.8 1,069,873 South Africa 15,641 27.1 651,521 Chile 12,040 64.3 437,983 Argentina 11,852 26.7 577,338 Ecuador 10,963 64.2 119,553 Belgium 9,930 86.5 94,795 Germany 9,367 11.3 265,014 Canada 9,239 24.9 140,900 Indonesia 8,965 3.3 225,030 Iraq 8,166 21.2 298,702 Bolivia 7,447 65.6 128,286 Turkey 7,186 8.7 294,620 Pakistan 6,393 3.0 303,089 Netherlands 6,258 36.7 84,803 Sweden 5,851 58.7 87,345 Egypt 5,679 5.8 101,340 Bangladesh 4,802 3.0 341,056 China 4,736 0.3 90,235 Philippines 4,663 4.4 269,407 Saudi Arabia 4,338 12.9 326,930 Romania 4,236 21.7 105,298 Ukraine 3,402 7.7 166,636 Guatemala 2,984 17.3 82,684 Poland 2,227 5.9 75,134 Panama 2,187 52.4 102,832 Honduras 2,087 21.8 68,620 Switzerland 2,028 23.8 47,751 Dominican Republic 1,998 18.8 104,803 Portugal 1,875 18.3 65,021 Ireland 1,787 37.1 31,549 Kazakhstan 1,671 9.1 106,984 Morocco 1,648 4.6 90,324 Algeria 1,632 3.9 48,734 Japan 1,463 1.2 76,476 Afghanistan 1,426 3.8 38,815 Israel 1,147 13.7 166,794 Moldova 1,143 28.2 43,734 Nigeria 1,088 0.6 56,478 Kyrgyzstan 1,063 16.9 45,072 Ethiopia 1,035 0.9 65,486 Armenia 920 31.2 46,119 Sudan 836 2.0 13,535 Australia 824 3.3 26,779 Oman 797 16.5 90,660 El Salvador 796 12.4 27,088 Belarus 761 8.1 74,552 Austria 757 8.5 34,305 Bulgaria 736 10.4 18,216 Serbia 735 10.5 32,511 Bosnia and Herzegovina 725 21.8 23,929 North Macedonia 661 31.7 15,925 Hungary 646 6.7 13,879 Kenya 634 1.2 36,301 Costa Rica 633 12.7 58,137 Denmark 633 11.0 20,571 Yemen 583 2.0 2,016 Kuwait 568 13.7 96,301 Azerbaijan 566 5.7 38,517 Paraguay 552 7.9 29,298 Venezuela 502 1.7 62,655 Kosovo 488 26.4 12,683 Czech Republic 476 4.5 38,896 Cameroon 415 1.6 20,271 Uzbekistan 405 1.2 48,776 United Arab Emirates 401 4.2 80,940 Libya 383 5.7 24,144 Nepal 371 1.3 56,788 South Korea 367 0.7 22,504 Albania 340 11.8 11,672 Finland 339 6.1 8,725 Zambia 324 1.9 13,819 Greece 313 3.0 13,730 Senegal 298 1.9 14,529 Ghana 294 1.0 45,655 DR Congo 267 0.3 10,401 Norway 265 5.0 12,393 Lebanon 252 3.7 25,449 Croatia 230 5.5 13,749 Palestinian Territories 229 4.7 32,250 Zimbabwe 224 1.6 7,576 Haiti 220 2.0 8,530 Madagascar 214 0.8 15,803 Bahrain 213 13.6 61,643 Qatar 208 7.5 122,214 Malawi 178 1.0 5,701 Mauritania 161 3.7 7,319 Syria 160 0.9 3,614 Nicaragua 147 2.3 4,961 Angola 139 0.5 3,569 Slovenia 135 6.5 3,831 Malaysia 128 0.4 9,969 Mali 128 0.7 2,940 Luxembourg 124 20.5 7,284 Tunisia 123 1.1 7,623 Montenegro 123 19.6 7,061 Ivory Coast 120 0.5 19,100 Cuba 108 1.0 4,803 Namibia 106 4.3 9,901 Gambia 105 4.6 3,428 Eswatini 101 8.9 5,128 Somalia 98 0.7 3,390 Suriname 95 16.5 4,625 Congo 88 1.7 4,934 Lithuania 87 3.1 3,397 Equatorial Guinea 83 6.3 5,000 Liberia 82 1.7 1,327 Chad 81 0.5 1,087 Tajikistan 73 0.8 9,129 Sierra Leone 72 0.9 2,126 Bahamas 69 17.9 3,032 Niger 69 0.3 1,182 French Guiana 64 22.6 9,578 Estonia 64 4.8 2,722 Guinea 63 0.5 10,111 Central African Republic 62 1.3 4,772 Djibouti 61 6.4 5,396 Uganda 58 0.1 5,123 Thailand 58 0.1 3,490 Guyana 58 7.4 1,958 Trinidad and Tobago 56 4.0 3,223 Burkina Faso 56 0.3 1,733 Gabon 53 2.5 8,654 Andorra 53 68.8 1,438 South Sudan 49 0.4 2,592 Channel Islands 48 28.2 639 Cape Verde 46 8.5 4,904 Jamaica 46 1.6 4,042 Uruguay 45 1.3 1,827 San Marino 42 124.3 723 Mayotte 40 15.4 3,374 Benin 40 0.3 2,267 Togo 40 0.5 1,595 Myanmar 39 0.1 3,636 Guinea-Bissau 39 2.1 2,275 Slovakia 38 0.7 5,768 Mozambique 37 0.1 5,713 Latvia 35 1.8 1,482 Vietnam 35 0.0 1,063 Maldives 33 6.4 9,328 Lesotho 33 1.6 1,327 Singapore 27 0.5 57,488 Jordan 26 0.3 3,677 New Zealand 25 0.5 1,802 Guadeloupe 24 6.0 3,080 Isle of Man 24 28.5 339 Rwanda 22 0.2 4,624 Aruba 22 20.8 3,152 Cyprus 22 1.8 1,540 Tanzania 21 0.0 509 Georgia 19 0.5 2,562 Belize 19 5.0 1,528 Saint Martin 19 51.0 549 Martinique 18 4.8 1,122 Malta 16 3.6 2,454 Réunion 15 1.7 2,902 Sao Tome and Principe 15 7.1 907 Sri Lanka 13 0.1 3,271 Diamond Princess cruise ship 13 712 Botswana 11 0.5 2,463 Iceland 10 3.0 2,174 Mauritius 10 0.8 365 Bermuda 9 14.3 177 Taiwan 7 0.0 499 Comoros 7 0.8 467 Barbados 7 2.4 184 Papua New Guinea 6 0.1 511 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 13.3 650 Brunei 3 0.7 145 Antigua and Barbuda 3 3.1 95 French Polynesia 2 0.7 1,099 Fiji 2 0.2 32 MS Zaandam cruise ship 2 9 Burundi 1 0.0 472 Cayman Islands 1 1.6 208 Monaco 1 2.6 178 Curaçao 1 0.6 169 Liechtenstein 1 2.6 111 British Virgin Islands 1 3.4 66 Montserrat 1 20.0 13 Western Sahara 1 0.2 10 Faroe Islands 0 0.0 428 Eritrea 0 0.0 364 Gibraltar 0 0.0 334 Mongolia 0 0.0 311 Cambodia 0 0.0 275 Bhutan 0 0.0 246 Seychelles 0 0.0 140 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0.0 64 Timor-Leste 0 0.0 27 Saint Lucia 0 0.0 27 New Caledonia 0 0.0 26 Dominica 0 0.0 24 Grenada 0 0.0 24 Saint Barthelemy 0 0.0 23 Laos 0 0.0 23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0.0 17 Greenland 0 0.0 14 Falkland Islands 0 0.0 13 Vatican 0 0.0 12 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 0.0 11 Anguilla 0 0.0 3 Please update your browser to see full interactive Show more This information is regularly updated but may not reflect the latest totals for each country. ** The past data for new cases is a three day rolling average. Due to revisions in the number of cases, an average cannot be calculated for this date. Source: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies and UN population data

US cases slow after second surge

The US has recorded nearly seven million cases of coronavirus, more than a fifth of the world's total. It saw an increase in the number of daily cases in July, but the numbers fell in August.

With nearly 200,000 deaths, the US has the world's highest death toll.

A projection from the University of Washington suggests there could be more than 400,000 deaths by the end of the year, though it says this could be reduced to about 300,000 if 95% of Americans wear masks in public.

The outbreak has had a devastating impact on the US economy, with GDP falling by a record rate of 33% in the three months from April to June.

How did coronavirus spread?

The virus, which causes the respiratory infection Covid-19, was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China, in late 2019.

The outbreak spread quickly across the globe in the first months of 2020 and declared a global pandemic by the WHO on 11 March.

A pandemic is when an infectious disease is passing easily from person to person in many parts of the world at the same time.

Europe and North America saw their first major outbreaks in April but as they began to ease, Latin America and Asia started seeing cases spike.

Governments across the world have been forced to limit public movement and close businesses and venues in a bid to slow the spread of the virus. This has had a devastating impact on the global economy.

Damage to the world's major economies is four times worse than the 2009 global financial crisis, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Meanwhile, the United Nations has said that up to 265 million people could face starvation by the end of the year because of the impact of Covid-19.

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About this data

The data used on this page comes from a variety of sources. It includes figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, national governments and health agencies, as well as UN data on populations.

When comparing figures from different countries it is important to bear in mind that not all governments are recording coronavirus cases and deaths in the same way. This makes like for like comparisons between countries difficult.

Other factors to consider include: different population sizes, the size of a country's elderly population or whether a particular country has a large amount of its people living in densely-populated areas. In addition, countries may be in different stages of the pandemic.