The number of people with confirmed COVID-19 infections worldwide has just surpassed 20 million, according to the independent count by Johns Hopkins University (USA), which has also recorded 733,897 deaths to date. Specifically, confirmed cases are now (00:00 GMT on Tuesday) 20,001,019.
The country with the most infections is the United States with 5,085,821 (25.4% of the total) followed by Brazil with 3,057,470 (15.2%), India with 2,215,074 (11%), Russia with 890,799 (4 , 4%) and South Africa with 563,598 (2.8%). The top ten positions are filled by Mexico (480,278), Peru (478,024), Colombia (387,481), Chile (375,044) and Iran (328,844).