Coronavirus deaths are close to one million and 700 thousand cases

 The new Coronavirus has claimed the lives of one million 691959 people around the world since its appearance last December, according to the World Meter website.

  And the latest data from the site, managed by international experts and developers, indicated that the total number of corona infections around the world reached 76 million and 627080 cases, while 53 million and 751,803 people recovered from the epidemic.

 Colombia witnessed a new increase in the number of infections, with 13,990 new cases reported during the past 24 hours, which raises the total number of infections to one million and 496062, and 249 other deaths were recorded, bringing the number of deaths nationwide to 40,268 cases.

 In South Korea, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced 1,097 infections and 15 new deaths from the virus, bringing the total number of infections to 49,665 and deaths to 674 deaths.

In Thailand, more than 548 new cases were announced on December 19, which is the highest daily toll in a country that was able to reasonably control the outbreak of the epidemic, after the daily toll was 516 infections.

 O. al-Mohammad