The number of coronavirus-infected patients across the world saw a major spike on Wednesday night as it hit 9 lakh-mark. This means that COVID-19 infected 1 lakh people in just one day. The number of patients reached 8 lakh on Tuesday (March 31). The number of people succumbing to the deadly disease is fast approaching 50k figure. As of Wednesday night, the number of deaths hovered around 45 thousand.

The US continues to be the global hotspot of coronavirusinfection. US has long surpassed China and Italy. More than two lakh people inthe USA are infected (2,00,269). On Wednesday, there was an addition of 11,739to the previous tally of coronavirus patients. 4394 people have lost theirlives in the country. However, more than 8 thousand people have made recoveryfrom the infection so far.

Italy remains major European coronavirus hotspot:

Italy continues to reel under increasing coronavirusinfections. Though the number of total patients in Italy is considerably lesserthan that of the US but the number of deaths is much higher.

As of Wednesday night, Italy had 1,10,574 coronaviruspatients. 13,155 deaths have occurred till now. The number is more than 3 timesthat of the US. 16,847 COVID-19 patients have made recovery so far.

China limits number of new infections:

Although China remains the country with maximum number ofcoronavirus patients in Asia, it has able to bring number of new infectionsdown. Number of patients is 81,554 but only 36 new cases were found onWednesday. The number of deaths has reached 3312.

In South America, Chile tops the list of coronaviruspatients:

In Chile, the number of coronavirus patients was 3031 onWednesday There have been 16 deaths while 234 people have made full recovery.

Africa remains largely unaffected:

In Africa, Egypt tops the list of coronavirus patients with710 patients. There have been 46 deaths while 157 patients have made recoveryfrom COVID-19 infection.