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Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with 31 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 31,303,926 cases 965,222 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 passed 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 90,000 cases a day in early and mid-September.

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.

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 nearly 140,000 so far. It has also recorded more than 4.5 million cases, the third highest in the world.

Newly confirmed cases in the region are also rising quickly in Argentina, which now has more than 600,000 infections.

In the Middle East, Iran has been badly affected by the virus, and confirmed its highest number of new cases since early June on Monday.

Documents leaked to the BBC Persian service suggest the death toll there is about 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 almost 10,000 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 World Health Organization's (WHO) European regional director, has warned of a "serious situation unfolding" and described the surge in cases as "a wake-up call for all of us".

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

The pattern of rising infections following the loosening 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 197,948 60.5 6,682,029 Brazil 135,793 64.8 4,495,183 India 85,619 6.3 5,308,014 Mexico 72,803 57.7 688,954 UK 41,705 62.1 381,614 Italy 35,668 58.8 294,932 Peru 31,283 97.8 756,412 France 31,249 48.1 428,696 Spain 30,495 65.3 640,040 Iran 23,952 29.3 416,198 Colombia 23,665 47.7 750,471 Russia 19,270 13.2 1,092,915 South Africa 15,857 27.4 657,627 Argentina 12,656 28.5 613,658 Chile 12,199 65.1 442,827 Ecuador 11,044 64.6 124,129 Belgium 9,937 86.5 99,649 Germany 9,388 11.3 272,503 Indonesia 9,336 3.5 236,519 Canada 9,256 25.0 144,053 Iraq 8,408 21.9 311,690 Bolivia 7,550 66.5 130,051 Turkey 7,377 9.0 299,810 Pakistan 6,415 3.0 305,031 Netherlands 6,274 36.8 90,083 Sweden 5,865 58.8 88,237 Egypt 5,733 5.8 101,772 Philippines 4,930 4.6 283,460 Bangladesh 4,881 3.0 345,805 China 4,737 0.3 90,311 Saudi Arabia 4,430 13.1 328,720 Romania 4,360 22.4 110,217 Ukraine 3,585 8.1 177,048 Guatemala 3,076 17.8 84,344 Poland 2,270 6.0 77,328 Panama 2,229 53.4 104,879 Honduras 2,146 22.4 70,611 Switzerland 2,045 24.0 49,283 Dominican Republic 2,034 19.1 106,732 Portugal 1,894 18.5 67,176 Ireland 1,792 37.2 32,271 Morocco 1,755 4.9 97,264 Kazakhstan 1,671 9.1 107,199 Algeria 1,659 3.9 49,413 Japan 1,500 1.2 78,327 Afghanistan 1,437 3.9 38,919 Israel 1,196 14.3 179,071 Moldova 1,186 29.3 45,648 Nigeria 1,094 0.6 56,956 Ethiopia 1,072 1.0 67,515 Kyrgyzstan 1,063 16.9 45,335 Armenia 928 31.4 47,154 Australia 844 3.4 26,885 Sudan 836 2.0 13,535 Oman 818 16.9 91,753 El Salvador 808 12.6 27,346 Belarus 773 8.2 75,230 Austria 765 8.6 37,474 Bulgaria 753 10.7 18,733 Bosnia and Herzegovina 752 22.6 24,897 Serbia 739 10.6 32,757 Costa Rica 686 13.7 62,374 North Macedonia 683 32.8 16,417 Hungary 675 7.0 16,920 Kenya 646 1.3 36,724 Denmark 635 11.0 21,847 Paraguay 611 8.8 32,127 Yemen 585 2.1 2,024 Kuwait 580 14.0 98,528 Azerbaijan 572 5.7 38,894 Venezuela 530 1.8 65,174 Czech Republic 495 4.6 46,262 Kosovo 488 26.4 12,683 Uzbekistan 419 1.3 50,253 Libya 418 6.3 26,438 Cameroon 416 1.6 20,371 United Arab Emirates 403 4.2 83,433 Nepal 390 1.4 61,593 South Korea 378 0.7 22,893 Albania 353 12.2 12,073 Finland 339 6.1 8,858 Zambia 329 1.9 14,022 Greece 327 3.1 14,738 Senegal 301 1.9 14,645 Ghana 295 1.0 45,760 Lebanon 281 4.1 27,518 DR Congo 268 0.3 10,456 Norway 267 5.0 12,769 Palestinian Territories 250 5.1 34,401 Croatia 244 5.9 14,725 Zimbabwe 224 1.6 7,647 Haiti 221 2.0 8,600 Bahrain 220 14.0 63,879 Madagascar 217 0.8 15,971 Qatar 209 7.5 122,917 Malawi 179 1.0 5,716 Syria 168 1.0 3,731 Mauritania 161 3.7 7,361 Nicaragua 147 2.3 4,961 Angola 147 0.5 3,848 Slovenia 140 6.7 4,195 Tunisia 133 1.2 8,570 Montenegro 133 21.2 7,711 Malaysia 129 0.4 10,147 Mali 128 0.7 2,991 Luxembourg 124 20.5 7,718 Ivory Coast 120 0.5 19,200 Cuba 111 1.0 5,004 Namibia 108 4.4 10,207 Gambia 108 4.7 3,485 Eswatini 103 9.1 5,215 Somalia 98 0.7 3,390 Suriname 96 16.7 4,691 Congo 89 1.7 4,980 Lithuania 87 3.1 3,565 Equatorial Guinea 83 6.3 5,002 Liberia 82 1.7 1,334 Chad 81 0.5 1,147 Myanmar 75 0.1 4,621 Tajikistan 73 0.8 9,259 Sierra Leone 72 0.9 2,153 Bahamas 69 17.9 3,177 Niger 69 0.3 1,183 French Guiana 65 23.0 9,659 Estonia 64 4.8 2,875 Guinea 63 0.5 10,231 Central African Republic 62 1.3 4,786 Guyana 62 8.0 2,102 Uganda 61 0.1 5,594 Djibouti 61 6.4 5,403 Trinidad and Tobago 60 4.3 3,651 Thailand 59 0.1 3,500 Burkina Faso 56 0.3 1,797 Jamaica 55 1.9 4,571 Gabon 53 2.5 8,696 Andorra 53 68.8 1,564 Cape Verde 50 9.2 5,141 South Sudan 49 0.4 2,609 Channel Islands 48 28.2 644 Uruguay 46 1.3 1,890 San Marino 42 124.3 723 Togo 41 0.5 1,640 Mozambique 40 0.1 6,264 Mayotte 40 15.4 3,541 Benin 40 0.3 2,280 Slovakia 39 0.7 6,256 Guinea-Bissau 39 2.1 2,303 Latvia 36 1.9 1,515 Vietnam 35 0.0 1,068 Maldives 33 6.4 9,568 Lesotho 33 1.6 1,390 Jordan 29 0.3 4,344 Singapore 27 0.5 57,558 Guadeloupe 26 6.5 3,426 Rwanda 25 0.2 4,671 New Zealand 25 0.5 1,811 Isle of Man 24 28.5 339 Aruba 23 21.7 3,460 Cyprus 22 1.8 1,565 Tanzania 21 0.0 509 Belize 20 5.2 1,590 Saint Martin 20 53.7 574 Georgia 19 0.5 3,306 Martinique 18 4.8 1,122 Malta 17 3.9 2,634 Réunion 15 1.7 3,194 Sao Tome and Principe 15 7.1 908 Sri Lanka 13 0.1 3,281 Botswana 13 0.6 2,567 Diamond Princess cruise ship 13 712 Iceland 10 3.0 2,230 Mauritius 10 0.8 366 Bermuda 9 14.3 178 Taiwan 7 0.0 503 Comoros 7 0.8 470 Barbados 7 2.4 185 Papua New Guinea 6 0.1 516 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 13.3 667 Brunei 3 0.7 145 Antigua and Barbuda 3 3.1 95 French Polynesia 2 0.7 1,111 Fiji 2 0.2 32 MS Zaandam cruise ship 2 9 Burundi 1 0.0 473 Curaçao 1 0.6 228 Cayman Islands 1 1.6 208 Monaco 1 2.6 191 Liechtenstein 1 2.6 112 British Virgin Islands 1 3.4 69 Montserrat 1 20.0 13 Western Sahara 1 0.2 10 Faroe Islands 0 0.0 430 Eritrea 0 0.0 364 Gibraltar 0 0.0 346 Mongolia 0 0.0 311 Cambodia 0 0.0 275 Bhutan 0 0.0 258 Seychelles 0 0.0 141 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 Laos 0 0.0 23 Saint Barthelemy 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. Following a second rise in cases in July, numbers fell back in August, but appear to be on the rise again now.

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

A projection from the University of Washington suggests there could be 378,000 deaths by the end of the year, though it says this could be reduced to about 262,000 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.

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.