The global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 900,000, according to a New York Times database, and sickened at least 27.8 million people as of Thursday morning.
Seven months into the pandemic, the virus has been detected in almost every country.
The true death toll may be higher; The New York Times has found underestimates in the official death tallies in the United States and in more than a dozen other countries. The United States has the highest number of cases, followed by India, which reported more than 95,000 new cases on Thursday, and Brazil. In deaths, the United States is first, with Brazil second and India third.
The pandemic is ebbing in some countries that were hit hard early on, but the number of new cases is growing faster than ever worldwide, with more than 200,000 reported each day on average. Cases are worryingly high in the India, the United States and Israel. In Brazil, cases are high but appear to be decreasing. ...
