Author/Authors :
FARHUD, Dariush D Department of Basic Sciences - Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran , ZOKAEI, Shaghayegh School of Advanced Medical Sciences - Tehran Medical Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Abstract :
Novel coronavirus disease named covid-19 is an infectious disease first identified in Wuhan in the People's Republic of China, and caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
So far (Date of writing this article), according to WHO statistics, more than 1,282,931 cases have been reported in more than 211 countries, 72,774 of which have resulted in deaths. Percentage of reported deaths per number of reported con-firmed cases are in France (14.28%), followed by Italy (12.72%), the UK (12.25%), Spain (9.99%), Iran (6.20%), China (4.02%), the US (3.44%), and Germany (2.09%).
Keywords :
COVID-19 , Viruses , WHO , SARS-CoV-2