Philippines Top 20 Most Number Of COVID-19 Cases

Philippines Enters Top 20 List Of Countries With Most Number Of COVID-19 Cases

CORONAVIRUS IN THE PHILIPPINES – As the country breached 300,000 cases, the Philippines entered the top 20 list of nations with the most number of COVID-19 cases.

The list was made by Johns Hopkins University, the leading medical institution in the U.S.A. Even with the longest lockdown in the entire world, running for more than 7 months, the Philippines surpassed Pakistan that saw 312,806 cases.

Currently, the Philippines has over 314,079 cases of COVID-19 spread across its archipelago. Along with this, more than 5,000 infected patients have succumbed to the deadly respiratory disease.

Philippines Top 20 Most Number Of COVID-19 Cases
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Meanwhile, the United States still has the most number of cases in the world with over 7 million cases. Following the US was India which has recorded more than 6,312,584 coronavirus cases. Third is Brazil which saw a massive 4,810,935 cases of the disease.

Here is the list of the top 20 countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases based on Johns Hopkins’ data:

  1. US – 7,273,943
  2. India – 6,312,584
  3. Brazil – 4,810,935
  4. Russia – 1,179,634
  5. Colombia – 835,339
  6. Peru – 814,829
  7. Spain – 778,607
  8. Argentina – 751,001
  9. Mexico – 743,216
  10. South Africa – 676,084
  11. France – 616,960
  12. Chile – 464,750
  13. United Kingdom – 462,774
  14. Iran – 461,044
  15. Iraq – 367,474
  16. Bangladesh – 364,987
  17. Saudi Arabia – 335,097
  18. Turkey – 320,070
  19. Italy – 317,409
  20. Philippines – 314,079

Yesterday, the Department of Health recorded 2,415 fresh coronavirus infections. Along with this, the health department said 83% of the new cases occurred within a 2 week period. Still, even with over 300,000 cases, data from DOH revealed that there are 54,294 active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines.

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