Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with nearly 21 million confirmed cases in 188 countries. About 750,000 people have lost their lives.
Cases of the disease are continuing to surge in many countries, while others which had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are now seeing infections rise again.
Latin America is the epicentre of the pandemic, according to the World Health Organization.
Brazil has the second highest number of cases in
the world, after the US, and has recorded more than 100,000 deaths. Mexico, the second-most affected country in the region, has recorded more than 50,000 deaths.
Cases have also risen rapidly in Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Venezuela. Outside Latin America, Iran is another country that has been badly hit. Official figures show cases on the rise again and a death toll of nearly 20,000 – but documents leaked to the BBC Persian service suggest the real number is actually more than double that.
In Africa, South Africa and Egypt have seen the largest outbreaks so far, with South Africa becoming only the fifth country in the world to record more than 500,000 confirmed cases.
Across the continent, there have been more than a million confirmed cases, although the true extent of the pandemic there is not known. Testing rates are reported to be low, which could distort official estimates. India has recorded more than two millions cases in total and is averaging about 60,000 new infections every day at the moment.
The world’s second most populous country has the fourth highest death toll, but is continuing to ease public restrictions despite the spike in cases. Several countries across Europe have reported a recent rise in cases.
Spain, which was one of the worst affected countries in the early months of the pandemic, has seen new cases rise rapidly in recent weeks and experts there say the country has once again reached a “critical situation”.
France, another country which saw a large number of cases and deaths in March and April before managing to restrict the spread of the virus, is also seeing a surge in infections. The average number of new daily cases there has doubled during the last three weeks to 2,000 a day.
A number of countries have re-imposed localised lockdowns in their worst-affected regions, and there have been renewed appeals for people to wear masks and follow social distancing rules.
The pattern of rising infections following the end of lockdown restrictions is not restricted to Europe. Other countries which appeared to have controlled initial outbreaks, like Israel, Australia and Japan, have seen cases rise again.
In the table below, countries can be reordered by deaths, death rate and total cases. In the coloured bars on the right-hand side, countries in which cases have risen to more than 5,000 per day are those with black bars on the relevant date.
The US has seen record numbers of new cases in recent weeks, although they have fallen slightly in recent days.
The death toll stands at nearly 170,000 – more than a fifth of the reported coronavirus deaths around the world.
President Donald Trump has warned that the US pandemic may “get worse before it gets better”.
The University of Washington predicts the death toll could hit more than 295,000 by the beginning of December – though it says this could be reduced to about 230,000 if 95% of Americans wore masks in public.
The outbreak has had a devastating impact on the US economy, with GDP falling by a record rate of 33% in the three months from April to June.
There have been nearly 21 million confirmed cases worldwide so far and about 750,000 people have died.
