How does the United States compare to other countries with COVID-19? Below are some of the countries from the highest count COVID-19 countries, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard for Wednesday, June 10.
India has joined the Top 5 COVID case counts, with its cases of COVID-19 increasing to 276,583. The countries are listed in order of population. South Korea has one of the lowest counts and deaths, and is listed because officials often point to it as a country that was able to control COVID-19 through aggressive testing and through mandating that people stay home for a period of time.
6/10/20 | Population | Likely first COVID | COVID cases | Deaths |
India | 1,387,297,452 | 1/30/20 | 276,583 | 7,745 |
U.S. | 332,000,000 | 01/20/20 | 1,989,521 | 112,402 |
Brazil | 211,715,973 | 02/21/20 | 739,503 | 38,406 |
Russia | 141,722,205 | 01/21/20 | 493,023 | 6,350 |
United Kingdom | 67,886,011 | 01/31/20 | 291,584 | 41,213 |
Italy | 60,461,826 | 01/26/20 | 235,763 | 34,114 |
South Korea | 51,000,000 | 01/20/20 | 11,902 | 276 |
Spain | 46,754,778 | 01/29/20 | 242,280 | 27,136 |