Covid-19 Factoid: Surge in Iran's critical cases, and UK's grim milestone

While the UK has become the sixth country in the world to have more than 100,000 positive coronavirus cases, the share of critical cases in Iran's total is unusually high

The global tally of confirmed coronavirus infections currently stands at 2.2 million, with six countries having reported more than 100,000 cases. The United States, which has been the most affected, accounts for a little more than 30 per cent of all reported cases globally. There have so far been as many as 148,651 coronavirus-related deaths across the world.

In India, there are almost 14,000 confirmed cases, and there have been over 450 deaths. Roughly 13 per cent of all reported cases in the country have now recovered.

Here are a few data trends to help you understand the present pandemic