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List: Top 15 countries with the most COVID-19 cases

Novel coronavirus has been wreaking havoc on the world for more than six months now. The flu bug that was first...

Novel coronavirus has been wreaking havoc on the world for more than six months now. The flu bug that was first identified in Wuhan, China in late December last year soon took over the world. The new viral disease has caused unprecedented misery and distress across the globe.

COVID-19 cases have rapidly increased everywhere and the current global tally is over 14 million. Also, over 600,000 people have died due to COVID-19 to date. Six months into the viral pandemic, we still have no clue how long will it take to eradicate the disease.

According to the World Health Organization, the threat of COVID-19 is still very much there, and in several countries, the cases are going up. With global cases rising to 1 million per week, it's certain that this COVID pandemic is far from being over.

The United States has been the most adversely affected country by this disease as it has reported over 3.7 million infections to date, almost more than double of the second-placed country on the list i.e. Brazil. Other countries like Italy, England, India, and several Latin American countries have also reported hundreds of thousands of cases.

Here is the list of the top 15 countries with the most Coronavirus cases reported to date :

1) USA -- 3,771,101 

2) Brazil -- 2,049,140  

3) India -- 1,044,963   

4) Russia -- 765,437    

5) Peru  -- 345,537     

6) South Africa -- 337,594      

7) Mexico -- 331,298    

8) Chile -- 326,539     

9) Spain -- 307,335 

10) UK -- 293,239   

11) Iran -- 271,606 

12) Pakistan -- 261,916 

13) Saudi Arabia -- 245,851     

14) Italy -- 243,967    

15) Turkey -- 217,799