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Country	Confirmed cases	Deaths	Country	Confirmed cases	Deaths
United States	16,549,366	305,082	India	9,735,975	141,398
Brazil	6,603,540	176,962	Russia	2,460,770	43,141
France	2,345,648	55,247	Italy	1,728,878	60,078
United Kingdom	1,723,242	61,245	Spain	1,699,145	46,252
Argentina	1,463,110	39,770	Colombia	1,371,103	37,808
Germany	1,184,845	19,159	Mexico	1,168,395	109,456
Poland	1,063,449	20,089	Iran	1,040,547	50,310
Peru	973,912	36,274	Turkey	828,295	14,900
South Africa	814,565	22,206	Ukraine	813,306	13,588
Belgium	589,942	17,254	Indonesia	575,796	17,740
Iraq	564,200	12,432	Chile	560,382	15,628
Netherlands	557,224	9,687	Czech Republic	546,833	8,902
Romania	513,576	12,320	Bangladesh	477,545	6,838
Philippines	439,834	8,554	Pakistan	416,499	8,361
Canada	415,182	12,665	Saudi Arabia	358,713	5,965
Israel	344,906	2,917	Switzerland	344,497	5,349
Portugal	322,474	4,963	Japan	163,654	2,372
Morocco	152,404	2,605	Ecuador	147,033	12,191
Bolivia	131,990	7,731	Qatar	124,425	212
Dominican Republic	110,122	2,076	Panama	107,990	2,291
Kazakhstan	107,529	1,699	Egypt	102,375	5,822
Kuwait	101,851	592	Oman	95,907	885
Sweden	90,289	5,878	China	86,634	4,636
Guatemala	82,924	3,009	United Arab Emirates	81,782	402
Belarus	72,141	691	Honduras	61,769	1,888
Singapore	56,901	27	Nigeria	54,463	1,027
Ethiopia	54,409	846	Bahrain	52,807	190
Venezuela	48,883	398	South Korea	45,442	612
Algeria	45,158	1,523	Ghana	44,658	276
Armenia	44,075	884	Kyrgyzstan	44,036	1,498
Costa Rica	43,305	453	Uzbekistan	42,437	327
Afghanistan	38,243	1,409	Moldova	37,740	1,024
Azerbaijan	36,732	538	Kenya	34,493	581
Serbia	31,581	716	Nepal	28,938	120
Ireland	27,547	1,775	Austria	24,084	729
Australia	23,993	450	El Salvador	23,717	633
Cameroon	18,624	406	Palestinian Territories	17,606	119
Cote dIvoire	17,232	111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16,691	507
Denmark	15,940	621	Bulgaria	14,820	527
Madagascar	14,074	173	Macedonia [FYROM]	13,076	551
Sudan	12,546	808	Senegal	12,446	258
Paraguay	11,133	165	Norway	10,162	262
Congo [DRC]	9,741	246	Libya	9,463	169
Malaysia	9,235	125	Guinea	8,792	53
Gabon	8,319	53	Tajikistan	8,166	65
Haiti	7,949	196	Albania	7,812	234
Finland	7,805	334	Luxembourg	7,566	124
Croatia	7,074	168	Mauritania	6,829	158
Maldives	6,225	24	imbabwe	5,643	150
Djibouti	5,374	59	Zambia	5,249	146
Malawi	5,240	164	HungaryfSG	5,002	609
Equatorial Guinea	4,892	83	Central African Republic	4,679	61
Greece	4,336	203	Lebanon	4,205	55
Thailand	3,148	58	Somalia	2,779	90
Cuba	2,449	87	French Guiana	2,441	6
Mayotte	2,404	31	Estonia	1,981	69
Sri Lanka	1,950	11	Mali	1,933	109
South Sudan	1,892	34	Nicaragua	1,823	64
Iceland	1,823	10	Lithuania	1,798	76
Slovakia	1,587	28	Guinea-Bissau	1,541	17
Slovenia	1,520	109	New Zealand	1,513	22
Tunisia	1,157	50	Hong Kong	1,131	5
Latvia	1,111	30	Liberia	1,107	70
Niger	1,036	67	Jordan	1,033	9
Cyprus	986	19	Yemen	941	256
Georgia	906	14	Burkina Faso	903	53
Cape Verde	890	8	Congo [Republic]	883	27
Uruguay	876	25	Chad	858	74
Andorra	855	52	Sierra Leone	812	45
Uganda	770	0	Benin	765	13
Mozambique	733	5	Rwanda	728	2
Sao Tome and Príncipe	698	12	San Marino	696	42
Malta	665	9	Jamaica	659	10
Swaziland	635	5	Togo	569	13
Tanzania	509	21	Réunion	506	1
Taiwan	455	7	Vietnam	384	0
Montenegro	362	9	Lesotho	359	6
Mauritius	337	10	Isle of Man	336	24
Suriname	314	8	Myanmar [Burma]	290	6
Martinique	236	14	Mongolia	206	0
Syria	204	7	Cayman Islands	195	1
Faroe Islands	187	0	Guyana	184	12
Angola	183	9	Gibraltar	176	0
Guadeloupe	174	14	Bermuda	146	9
Burundi	144	1	Eritrea	143	0
Comoros	141	2	Brunei	141	1
Cambodia	129	0	Trinidad and Tobago	123	8
Guam	121	1	Bahamas	104	11
Aruba	101	2	Monaco	100	4
Barbados	97	7	Botswana	89	1
Liechtenstein	82	1	Sint Maarten	77	15
Bhutan	68	0	French Polynesia	60	0
Namibia	55	0	Macao	45	0
Saint Martin	42	3	Puerto Rico	39	2
Gambia	37	2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29	0
Antigua and Barbuda	26	3	Timor-Leste	24	0
Curacao	23	1	Grenada	23	0
Belize	22	2	New Caledonia	21	0
Kosovo	19	0	Saint Lucia	19	0
Laos	19	0	Dominica	18	0
Fiji	18	0	U.S. Virgin Islands	17	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	15	0	Turks and Caicos Islands	14	1
Falkland Islands [Islas Malvinas]	13	0	Greenland	13	0
Vatican City	12	0	Seychelles	11	0
Montserrat	11	1	Western Sahara	9	1
British Virgin Islands	8	1	Papua New Guinea	8	0
Caribbean Netherlands	7	0	St. Barth	6	0
Anguilla	3	0	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1	0

Source : Johns Hopkins University, Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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