The coronavirus pandemic has reached a grim landmark, with more than one million cases confirmed worldwide.
Almost a quarter of that number (236,000) are people diagnosed with COVID-19 in the US, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Italy and Spain make up nearly another quarter between them (225,000), with China, Germany and the UK also having a high number of cases.
On Thursday, Spain’s death toll rose above 10,000 after a record 950 people died overnight – but health officials are encouraged by a slowdown in daily increases in infections and deaths.
Spain has the world’s second-highest number of deaths after Italy at 10,003 – but today’s one-day toll is the highest for any country since the start of the pandemic.
Italy recorded 760 more deaths, and now has a total of almost 14,000 – the worst of any nation – but new infections continued to level off.
More than 10,000 medical personnel in the country have been infected, and 69 doctors have died.
US 244,678 infections – 9,058 recovered
Italy 115,242 infections – 18,278 recovered
Spain 112,065 infections – 26,743 recovered
Germany 84,794 infections – 22,440 recovered
China 82,433 infections – 76,566 recovered
France 59,929 infections – 12,548 recovered
Iran 50,468 infections – 16,711 recovered
UK 34,173 infections – 192 recovered
Switzerland 18,827 infections – 4,013 recovered
Turkey 18,135 infections – 415 recovered
The data is from Johns Hopkins University in the US
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