Virus kills more than 10,000 in Italy as global death toll reaches 30,879
Italy on Saturday reported 889 new deaths – a day after it announced 969 casualties, the highest deaths anywhere around the world – as the number of people dying from the COVID-19 climbed to 10,023. The virus has infected 92,472 in Italy.
Spain also recorded 832 new deaths taking the total deaths to 5,928—the second-highest death toll in the world. Spain has 73,235 confirmed cases.
France has reported 37,575 cases and 2,314 deaths as the death toll the virus passed 1,000 in the United Kingdom on Saturday. More than 20,000 people have died in Europe alone.
US death toll also topped 2,200 as the virus continues to spread. The US has reported 2,227 deaths and 123,750 infections. Iran also announced 139 more deaths as the death toll in the West Asian country counted 2,571, with 35,408 infections. Sri Lanka and Qatar also reported their first deaths.
The virus had infected 663,740 people and killed 30,879 globally as of Sunday since the outbreak emerged on Dec 31 last year.
About one-third of the world’s population is under lockdown.
| Country, Other |
Total Cases |
Total Deaths |
Total Recovered |
1st case |
| World | 663,740 | 30,879 | 142,183 | Jan 10 |
| USA | 123,750 | 2,227 | 3,231 | Jan 20 |
| Italy | 92,472 | 10,023 | 12,384 | Jan 29 |
| China | 81,439 | 3,300 | 75,448 | Jan 10 |
| Spain | 73,235 | 5,982 | 12,285 | Jan 30 |
| Germany | 57,695 | 433 | 8,481 | Jan 26 |
| France | 37,575 | 2,314 | 5,700 | Jan 23 |
| Iran | 35,408 | 2,517 | 11,679 | Feb 18 |
| UK | 17,089 | 1,019 | 135 | Jan 30 |
| Switzerland | 14,076 | 264 | 1,530 | Feb 24 |
| Netherlands | 9,762 | 639 | 3 | Feb 26 |
| S. Korea | 9,583 | 152 | 5,033 | Jan 19 |
| Belgium | 9,134 | 353 | 1,063 | Feb 03 |
| Austria | 8,271 | 68 | 225 | Feb 24 |
| Turkey | 7,402 | 108 | 70 | Mar 09 |
| Canada | 5,655 | 60 | 396 | Jan 24 |
| Portugal | 5,170 | 100 | 43 | Mar 01 |
| Norway | 4,032 | 23 | 7 | Feb 25 |
| Brazil | 3,904 | 114 | 6 | Feb 24 |
| Australia | 3,809 | 14 | 170 | Jan 24 |
| Israel | 3,619 | 12 | 89 | Feb 20 |
| Sweden | 3,447 | 105 | 16 | Jan 30 |
| Czechia | 2,631 | 11 | 11 | Feb 29 |
| Ireland | 2,415 | 36 | 5 | Feb 28 |
| Malaysia | 2,320 | 27 | 320 | Jan 24 |
| Denmark | 2,201 | 65 | 1 | Feb 26 |
| Chile | 1,909 | 6 | 61 | Mar 02 |
| Luxembourg | 1,831 | 18 | 40 | Feb 28 |
| Ecuador | 1,823 | 48 | 3 | Feb 28 |
| Japan | 1,693 | 52 | 404 | Jan 14 |
| Poland | 1,638 | 18 | 7 | Mar 03 |
| Pakistan | 1,495 | 12 | 29 | Feb 25 |
| Romania | 1,452 | 37 | 139 | Feb 25 |
| Russia | 1,264 | 4 | 49 | Jan 30 |
| Thailand | 1,245 | 6 | 97 | Jan 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,203 | 4 | 37 | Mar 01 |
| South Africa | 1,187 | 1 | 31 | Mar 04 |
| Finland | 1,167 | 9 | 10 | Jan 28 |
| Indonesia | 1,155 | 102 | 59 | Mar 01 |
| Philippines | 1,075 | 68 | 35 | Jan 29 |
| Greece | 1,061 | 32 | 52 | Feb 25 |
| India | 987 | 24 | 84 | Jan 29 |
| Iceland | 963 | 2 | 114 | Feb 27 |
| Panama | 901 | 17 | 4 | Mar 09 |
| Mexico | 848 | 16 | 4 | Feb 27 |
| Singapore | 802 | 2 | 198 | Jan 22 |
| Argentina | 745 | 19 | 72 | Mar 02 |
| Dominican Republic | 719 | 28 | 3 | Feb 29 |
| Diamond Princess | 712 | 10 | 597 | Feb 04 |
| Slovenia | 684 | 9 | 10 | Mar 03 |
| Peru | 671 | 16 | 16 | Mar 05 |
| Serbia | 659 | 10 | 42 | Mar 05 |
| Croatia | 657 | 5 | 45 | Feb 24 |
| Estonia | 645 | 1 | 20 | Feb 26 |
| Colombia | 608 | 6 | 10 | Mar 05 |
| Qatar | 590 | 1 | 45 | Feb 28 |
| Egypt | 576 | 36 | 121 | Feb 13 |
| Hong Kong | 560 | 4 | 112 | Jan 22 |
| New Zealand | 514 | 1 | 56 | Feb 27 |
| Iraq | 506 | 42 | 131 | Feb 21 |
| Bahrain | 476 | 4 | 265 | Feb 23 |
| UAE | 468 | 2 | 52 | Jan 28 |
| Algeria | 454 | 29 | 31 | Feb 24 |
| Lebanon | 412 | 8 | 30 | Feb 20 |
| Armenia | 407 | 1 | 30 | Feb 29 |
| Morocco | 402 | 25 | 12 | Mar 01 |
| Lithuania | 394 | 7 | 1 | Feb 27 |
| Ukraine | 356 | 9 | 5 | Mar 02 |
| Hungary | 343 | 11 | 34 | Mar 03 |
| Bulgaria | 331 | 7 | 11 | Mar 06 |
| Andorra | 308 | 3 | 1 | Mar 01 |
| Latvia | 305 | 1 | Mar 01 | |
| Uruguay | 304 | 1 | Mar 12 | |
| Costa Rica | 295 | 2 | 3 | Mar 04 |
| Slovakia | 292 | 2 | Mar 05 | |
| Taiwan | 283 | 2 | 30 | Jan 20 |
| Tunisia | 278 | 8 | 2 | Mar 01 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 278 | 6 | 8 | Mar 04 |
| Jordan | 246 | 1 | 18 | Mar 01 |
| North Macedonia | 241 | 4 | 3 | Feb 25 |
| Kuwait | 235 | 64 | Feb 23 | |
| Moldova | 231 | 2 | 2 | Mar 06 |
| Kazakhstan | 228 | 1 | 16 | Mar 12 |
| San Marino | 224 | 22 | 6 | Feb 26 |
| Burkina Faso | 207 | 11 | 21 | Mar 08 |
| Albania | 197 | 10 | 31 | Mar 07 |
| Réunion | 183 | 1 | Mar 10 | |
| Azerbaijan | 182 | 4 | 15 | Feb 27 |
| Cyprus | 179 | 5 | 15 | Mar 08 |
| Vietnam | 179 | 21 | Jan 22 | |
| Faeroe Islands | 155 | 54 | Mar 03 | |
| Oman | 152 | 23 | Feb 23 | |
| Malta | 149 | 2 | Mar 06 | |
| Ghana | 141 | 5 | 2 | Mar 11 |
| Senegal | 130 | 18 | Mar 01 | |
| Brunei | 120 | 1 | 25 | Mar 08 |
| Cuba | 119 | 3 | 4 | Mar 10 |
| Venezuela | 119 | 2 | 39 | Mar 12 |
| Sri Lanka | 113 | 1 | 9 | Jan 26 |
| Afghanistan | 110 | 4 | 2 | Feb 23 |
| Uzbekistan | 104 | 2 | 5 | Mar 14 |
| Palestine | 104 | 1 | 18 | Mar 04 |
| Cambodia | 103 | 21 | Jan 26 | |
| Guadeloupe | 102 | 2 | 17 | Mar 12 |
| Mauritius | 102 | 2 | Mar 17 | |
| Ivory Coast | 101 | 3 | Mar 10 | |
| Channel Islands | 97 | 1 | Mar 08 | |
| Nigeria | 97 | 1 | 3 | Feb 27 |
| Honduras | 95 | 1 | 3 | Mar 10 |
| Belarus | 94 | 32 | Feb 27 | |
| Martinique | 93 | 1 | Mar 04 | |
| Cameroon | 91 | 2 | 2 | Mar 05 |
| Georgia | 90 | 14 | Feb 25 | |
| Montenegro | 84 | 1 | Mar 16 | |
| Bolivia | 81 | Mar 09 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 76 | 3 | 1 | Mar 11 |
| DRC | 65 | 6 | 2 | Mar 09 |
| Mayotte | 63 | Mar 13 | ||
| Rwanda | 60 | Mar 13 | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | 58 | Mar 17 | ||
| Paraguay | 56 | 3 | 1 | Mar 06 |
| Gibraltar | 56 | 14 | Mar 02 | |
| Liechtenstein | 56 | Mar 02 | ||
| Bangladesh | 48 | 5 | 15 | Mar 07 |
| Aruba | 46 | 1 | Mar 12 | |
| Monaco | 42 | 1 | Feb 27 | |
| Kenya | 38 | 1 | 1 | Mar 12 |
| Guatemala | 34 | 1 | 10 | Mar 12 |
| Macao | 34 | 10 | Jan 21 | |
| Jamaica | 32 | 1 | 2 | Mar 09 |
| Isle of Man | 32 | Mar 18 | ||
| French Polynesia | 30 | Mar 10 | ||
| Uganda | 30 | Mar 20 | ||
| French Guiana | 28 | 6 | Mar 06 | |
| Zambia | 28 | Mar 17 | ||
| Barbados | 26 | Mar 16 | ||
| Madagascar | 26 | Mar 19 | ||
| Togo | 25 | 1 | 1 | Mar 05 |
| El Salvador | 19 | Mar 18 | ||
| Mali | 18 | 1 | Mar 24 | |
| Bermuda | 17 | 2 | Mar 17 | |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1 | Mar 12 | |
| Maldives | 16 | 9 | Mar 06 | |
| New Caledonia | 15 | Mar 17 | ||
| Djibouti | 14 | Mar 17 | ||
| Tanzania | 14 | 1 | Mar 15 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 12 | Mar 13 | ||
| Mongolia | 12 | Mar 09 | ||
| Dominica | 11 | Mar 21 | ||
| Saint Martin | 11 | Feb 29 | ||
| Niger | 10 | 1 | Mar 18 | |
| Bahamas | 10 | 1 | Mar 14 | |
| Greenland | 10 | 2 | Mar 15 | |
| Eswatini | 9 | Mar 13 | ||
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1 | Mar 12 | |
| Curaçao | 8 | 1 | 2 | Mar 12 |
| Guyana | 8 | 1 | Mar 11 | |
| Guinea | 8 | Mar 12 | ||
| Haiti | 8 | Mar 19 | ||
| Laos | 8 | Mar 23 | ||
| Mozambique | 8 | Mar 21 | ||
| Myanmar | 8 | Mar 22 | ||
| Namibia | 8 | 2 | Mar 13 | |
| Seychelles | 8 | Mar 13 | ||
| Suriname | 8 | Mar 12 | ||
| Gabon | 7 | 1 | Mar 12 | |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1 | Mar 19 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 7 | Mar 12 | ||
| Grenada | 7 | Mar 21 | ||
| Cabo Verde | 6 | 1 | Mar 19 | |
| Benin | 6 | Mar 15 | ||
| Eritrea | 6 | Mar 20 | ||
| Vatican City | 6 | Mar 05 | ||
| Sudan | 5 | 1 | Mar 12 | |
| Nepal | 5 | 1 | Jan 23 | |
| Angola | 5 | Mar 19 | ||
| Fiji | 5 | Mar 18 | ||
| Mauritania | 5 | Mar 12 | ||
| Montserrat | 5 | Mar 17 | ||
| St. Barth | 5 | Feb 29 | ||
| Syria | 5 | Mar 21 | ||
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1 | Mar 18 | |
| Congo | 4 | Mar 14 | ||
| Turks and Caicos | 4 | Mar 22 | ||
| Gambia | 3 | 1 | Mar 16 | |
| Bhutan | 3 | Mar 05 | ||
| CAR | 3 | Mar 14 | ||
| Chad | 3 | Mar 18 | ||
| Liberia | 3 | Mar 15 | ||
| Libya | 3 | Mar 23 | ||
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1 | Mar 12 | |
| Sint Maarten | 3 | Mar 17 | ||
| Somalia | 3 | Mar 15 | ||
| MS Zaandam | 2 | Mar 26 | ||
| Anguilla | 2 | Mar 25 | ||
| Belize | 2 | Mar 22 | ||
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | Mar 24 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | 2 | Mar 24 | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | Mar 24 | ||
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | Mar 19 | ||
| St. Vincent Grenadines | 1 | 1 | Mar 10 | |
| Timor-Leste | 1 | Mar 20 | ||
| Total: | 663,740 | 30,879 | 142,183 |
(Source: worldometer)