The coronavirus outbreak, which was first identified in Wuhan, China and declared a pandemic by World Health Organization on March 11, is continuing to claim the lives of thousands of people across the world.

The number of deaths from coronavirus outbreak is rising. While measures against the pandemic, which the countries of the world are desperate for, are being strictly implemented, the disease is severely affecting the world economy.

The United States, the current epicenter of the pandemic, has the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus with 1,593,039 cases, followed by Russia with 308,705 cases, Spain with 293,357 cases, Brazil with 279,524 cases, the United Kingdom with 248,293 cases, Italy with 227,364 cases, France with 181,575 cases, Germany with 178,531 cases, Turkey with 152,587 cases, Iran with 126,949 cases, India with  112,442 cases, Peru with 104,020 and China with 82,967 cases.

A total of 2,026,147 patients have so far recovered and been discharged from hospital worldwide. (ILKHA)