Global COVID-19 cases top 2.33 m, death toll crosses 159,800

Reuters: Over 2.33 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 159,818 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Countries with the most deaths are as follows:

US: 37,602 Spain: 20,453 Italy: 23,227 France: 19,323 UK: 15,464 Belgium: 5,683 Iran: 5,301 China: 4,632 Germany: 4,303 Netherlands: 3,684 Brazil: 2,347 Turkey: 1,890 Sweden: 1,540 Canada: 1,470 Switzerland: 1,344