Global COVID: Tracking countries with the most virus cases, deaths on Jan. 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve around the world each day.

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Each week, we’ll provide updates on which countries have the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Data as of 1:23 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2021.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world is 84,267,466.

Countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases

1. United States - 20,205,931 COVID cases
2. India - 10,305,788 COVID cases
3. Brazil - 7,700,578 COVID cases
4. Russia - 3,179,898 COVID cases
5. France - 2,697,121 COVID cases
6. United Kingdom - 2,607,523 COVID cases
7. Turkey - 2,232,035 COVID cases
8. Italy - 2,141,201 COVID cases
9. Spain - 1,928,265 COVID cases
10. Germany - 1,773,080 COVID cases
11. Colombia - 1,654,880 COVID cases
12. Argentina - 1,629,594 COVID cases
13. Mexico - 1,437,185 COVID cases
14. Poland - 1,312,780 COVID cases
15. Iran - 1,237,474 COVID cases

Since our last report: This is our first global report since October 2020, so we will not be comparing this week’s data to any of our previous reports. When we publish next week’s coronavirus data, we will compare it to the previous week, as we’ve done in the past.

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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths around the world is 1,831,857.

Countries with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths

1. United States - 348,411 COVID deaths
2. Brazil - 195,411 COVID deaths
3. India - 149,218 COVID deaths
4. Mexico - 126,507 COVID deaths
5. Italy - 74,985 COVID deaths
6. United Kingdom - 74,682 COVID deaths
7. France - 64,892 COVID deaths
8. Russia - 57,235 COVID deaths
9. Iran - 55,438 COVID deaths
10. Spain - 50,837 COVID deaths
11. Colombia - 43,495 COVID deaths
12. Argentina - 43,319 COVID deaths
13. Peru - 37,680 COVID deaths
14. Germany - 34,238 COVID deaths
15. Poland - 29,058 COVID deaths

Since our last report: This is our first global report since October 2020, so we will not be comparing this week’s data to any of our previous reports. When we publish next week’s coronavirus data, we will compare it to the previous week, as we’ve done in the past.

All data is sourced from Johns Hopkins University’s global COVID-19 data.

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