These are the countries worst affected by coronavirus - as WHO states Covid-19 is ‘not under control and is accelerating’

Tuesday, 14th July 2020, 1:30 pm
Updated Tuesday, 14th July 2020, 1:49 pm

The Covid-19 pandemic is getting worse across the world, according to the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, recently revealed the total number of cases of coronavirus around the world has doubled in the last six weeks.

Ghebreyesus also warned that in the worst affected countries - the US, Brazil and India - the virus is showing no signs of diminishing.

The warning comes a day after Donald Trump moved to officially withdraw the US from the WHO, and after the UK dropped its 14 day quarantine rule for travellers visiting or returning to the nation from over 50 countries last week.

The virus is ‘not under control’

At the member state briefing on the pandemic evaluation, Dr Tedros said, "The virus has upended health systems in some of the world's wealthiest nations, while some countries that have mounted a successful response have been of modest means.




Which are the worst affected countries?



The most recent figures from Thursday 13 July reveal the number of new daily cases in the country were just under 60,000.

Meanwhile, in Brazil, the total number of new cases has reached over 20,000, down from over 46,000 on Friday 10 July.

India, a country with nearly 1.4 billion people, has reported over 28,000 new coronavirus infections on 13 July, as the disease spreads through the nation.

Russia comes after India on the list of worst affected countries, with over 740,000 confirmed cases, followed by Peru with over 330,000.

Coronavirus in Europe




Coronavirus in Latin America



Bolivia now has 49,250 confirmed cases of the virus and has reported 1,866 deaths. The number of new infections are increasing, while, in some regions, there are reports of hospitals being overwhelmed.




Concerns over a second wave



Serbia, has confirmed 18,360 cases of coronavirus, amongst its population of 6.9 million people.


