Four Countries Account for 70% of Global COVID-19 Cases, Deaths (WHO)

27 November 2020 Printable Version

Geneva - Just four countries account for about 70 percent of coronavirus cases and deaths globally, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

"COVID-19 is an uneven pandemic. All countries have been affected, but not all countries have been affected equally. Seventy percent of cases and deaths are in just four countries," Tedros said at a briefing.

The United States, India, Brazil and France lead in the number of registered cases, while the largest number of coronavirus-related deaths was observed in the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University.