The World Health Organization says cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in 198 countries and territories as of Tuesday.

The WHO also says the total number of infections grew by 39,827 from the day before to 372,757. The number of deaths rose by 1,722 to 16,231.

According to reports released on or before Tuesday by governments, China has so far the largest number of infections at 81,171. Italy has the second largest figure of 69,176. The United States now has 44,183 infections, up by about 10,000 from the previous report. Spain has 39,673 cases, Germany 27,436, Iran 24,811 and France 22,302.

The death toll stood at 6,820 in Italy, followed by 3,277 in China. The coronavirus also killed 2,696 in Spain, 1,934 in Iran and 1,100 in France.

NHK