COVID-19 statistical cases worldwide as of May 28, 2020, by country

As of May 28, 2020, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had been confirmed in around 210 countries or territories. The virus had infected 5,793,469 people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled 357,491. The most severely affected countries include the U.S., Spain, and the United Kingdom.

COVID-19: background information

COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that had not previously been identified in humans. The first case was detected in the Hubei province of China at the end of December 2019. The virus is highly transmissible, and thousands of new cases are being reported around the world each day. Coughing and sneezing are believed to be the most common forms of transmission, which is similar to the outbreak of the SARS coronavirus that began in 2002 and was thought to have spread via cough and sneeze droplets expelled into the air by infected persons.

Naming the coronavirus disease

Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that can be transmitted between animals and people, causing illnesses that may range from the common cold to more severe respiratory syndromes. In February 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses and the World Health Organization announced official names for both the virus and the disease it causes: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, respectively. The name of the disease is derived from the words corona, virus, and disease, while the number 19 represents the year that it emerged.

Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide as of May 28, 2020, by country.

	Number of cases
World	5,793,469
USA	1,745,803
Brazil	414,661
Russia	370,680
Spain	283,849
UK	267,240
Italy	231,139
France	182,913
Germany	181,895
Turkey	159,797
India	158,415
Iran	141,591
Peru	135,905
Canada	87,519
China	82,995
Chile	82,289
Saudi Arabia	78,541
Mexico	78,023
Pakistan	61,227
Belgium	57,592
Qatar	48,947
Netherlands	45,768
Belarus	38,956
Bangladesh	38,292
Ecuador	38,103
Sweden	35,088
Singapore	32,876
UAE	31,969
Portugal	31,292
Switzerland	30,776
South Africa	25,937
Ireland	24,803
Colombia	24,104
Indonesia	23,851
Kuwait	23,267
Poland	22,473
Ukraine	22,382
Egypt	19,666
Romania	18,594
Israel	16,809
Japan	16,651
Austria	16,591
Dominican Republic	15,723
Philippines	15,049
Argentina	13,933
Afghanistan	13,016
Panama	11,728
Denmark	11,480
S. Korea	11,344
Serbia	11,275
Bahrain	9,692
Kazakhstan	9,576
Czechia	9,086
Algeria	8,857
Nigeria	8,733
Norway	8,401
Oman	8,373
Armenia	7,774
Bolivia	7,768
Malaysia	7,619
Morocco	7,601
Moldova	7,537
Ghana	7,303
Australia	7,150
Finland	6,692
Cameroon	5,436
Iraq	5,135
Honduras	4,640
Azerbaijan	4,568
Sudan	4,346
Guatemala	4,145
Luxembourg	4,001
Hungary	3,816
Tajikistan	3,424
Uzbekistan	3,396
Guinea	3,275
Senegal	3,253
Thailand	3,065
Greece	2,903
Djibouti	2,697
Ivory Coast	2,556
DRC	2,546
Bulgaria	2,477
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,435
Gabon	2,319
Croatia	2,244
El Salvador	2,109
North Macedonia	2,039
Cuba	1,974
Estonia	1,840
Iceland	1,805
Somalia	1,731
Lithuania	1,647
Mayotte	1,645
Kyrgyzstan	1,594
Slovakia	1,515
New Zealand	1,504
Slovenia	1,471
Kenya	1,471
Sri Lanka	1,469
Maldives	1,457
Haiti	1,320
Venezuela	1,245
Guinea-Bissau	1,195
Lebanon	1,161
Mali	1,116
Hong Kong	1,067
Latvia	1,057
Zambia	1,057
Tunisia	1,051
Albania	1,050
Equatorial Guinea	1,043
South Sudan	994
Costa Rica	984
Niger	952
Cyprus	939
Nepal	886
Paraguay	884
Burkina Faso	845
Uruguay	803
Sierra Leone	782
Andorra	763
Nicaragua	759
Georgia	738
Ethiopia	731
Jordan	720
Chad	715
Diamond Princess	712
CAR	702
San Marino	667
Malta	612
Madagascar	612
Congo	571
Jamaica	569
Channel Islands	560
Tanzania	509
Réunion	460
Sao Tome and Principe	443
Taiwan	441
Palestine	434
French Guiana	406
Togo	395
Cabo Verde	390
Rwanda	346
Isle of Man	336
Mauritius	334
Vietnam	327
Montenegro	324
Mauritania	292
Uganda	281
Eswatini	272
Liberia	266
Yemen	256
Mozambique	227
Benin	210
Myanmar	206
Martinique	197
Faeroe Islands	187
Guadeloupe	161
Mongolia	161
Gibraltar	157
Brunei	141
Cayman Islands	140
Guyana	139
Bermuda	139
Zimbabwe	132
Cambodia	124
Syria	121
Trinidad and Tobago	116
Malawi	101
Aruba	101
Bahamas	100
Libya	99
Monaco	98
Barbados	92
Comoros	87
Liechtenstein	82
Sint Maarten	77
Angola	71
French Polynesia	60
Macao	45
Burundi	42
Saint Martin	40
Eritrea	39
Botswana	35
Bhutan	28
Antigua and Barbuda	25
Gambia	25
Timor-Leste	24
Grenada	23
Namibia	22
Laos	19
Belize	18
Curaçao	18
Fiji	18
New Caledonia	18
Saint Lucia	18
St. Vincent Grenadines	18
Dominica	16
Saint Kitts and Nevis	15
Falkland Islands	13
Greenland	13
Suriname	12
Turks and Caicos	12
Vatican City	12
Montserrat	11
Seychelles	11
MS Zaandam	9
Western Sahara	9
British Virgin Islands	8
Papua New Guinea	8
Caribbean Netherlands	6
St. Barth	6
Anguilla	3
Lesotho	2
Saint Pierre Miquelon	1