Worldwide cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed two million on Wednesday, the latest milestone in the ongoing global pandemic.
According to a tracker provided by Johns Hopkins University, the virus has infected over 185 countries and territories, since the virus was first discovered in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since then, the United states has become the epicenter of the world with more than 600,000 confirmed cases, and more than 26,000 deaths.
Spain is second among all countries with over 177,000 confirmed cases, followed by Italy with more than 162,000 and Germany with more than 132,000. While these countries continue to see an increase in cases, the countries appear to be in the beginning stages of flattening the curve, as the rate of new daily cases and the rate of hospitalizations of those infected have begun to decrease.
In the U.S., however, the number of new cases and deaths continues to rise, mainly as a result of the increase in testing conducted across the country. According to the tracker, there have been at least 3,120,381 tests completed in the U.S., which has a population of 328.2 million according to the U.S. Census. In the U.S. there has been an increase in testing for COVID-19, but testing availability has remained a major issue.
The New York state, which has the largest outbreak of any country in the world., has conducted the most tests with at least 499,143 completed. California, Florida and New Jersey also have conducted a significant number of tests. In Florida there have been at least 205,322 tests conducted, followed by California with 202,208 and New Jersey with 139,774.
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