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Covid world map: which countries have the most

coronavirus cases and deaths?
Covid-19 has spread around the planet, sending billions of people into lockdown as
health services struggle to cope. Find out where the virus has spread, and where it
has been most deadly

Coronavirus map of the UK

Coronavirus map of the US
Coronavirus cases in Australia
Pablo Gutiérrez and Seán Clarke
Mon 23 Nov 2020 11.51 GMT

Since first being recorded late last year in China, the Covid-19 coronavirus has spread around the world,
and been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. However, differences in testing mean
that the number of cases may be understated for some countries.

Obviously, larger countries tend to have higher numbers both of cases and of deaths. But there are many
other factors in play, such as the demographic profiles of the countries; countries with ageing
populations may be hit harder because the disease is more dangerous to older people.

The number of deaths is a more dependable indicator. The disease has hit certain countries, including
the US, Brazil, India, Mexico and the UK with particular cruelty.

Johns Hopkins University publishes cases and deaths data for most countries in the world (a notable
exception being North Korea, which claims to have had none). But JHU concedes that it collects data
from many sources, some of which disagree with each other. Even where the collection is less
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Due to the unprecedented and ongoing nature of the coronavirus outbreak, this article is being
regularly updated to ensure that it reflects the current situation at the date of publication. Any
significant corrections made to this or previous versions of the article will continue to be footnoted in
line with Guardian editorial policy.

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