The number of people who have died from the coronavirus globally has exceeded 8,000, while the number of infections has soared past 200,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The same university reported that 100,000 people were infected on March 6, meaning that the number of cases has doubled in just 12 days.
Remember: This number is slightly different to the latest count from the World Health Organization, which is reporting over 184,000 cases and more than 7,500 deaths. Johns Hopkins, based in Baltimore, Maryland, and WHO report tallies at different times of the day, so the counts often differ.
These are the worst-affected countries by deaths, according to Johns Hopkins:
- China (Hubei): 3,122
- Italy: 2,503
- Iran: 988
- Spain: 558
- France: deaths
- South Korea, 84
- UK: 71 deaths
- US: 55 deaths
- Netherlands: 43
- Japan: 29
And these are the most affected by cases, according to Johns Hopkins:
- China: 81,102
- Italy 31,506
- Iran 16,169
- Spain 13,716
- German 9,877
- South Korea 8,413
- France 7,696
- US 6,496
- Switzerland 2,700
- UK 1,960