There are now over 44 million reported COVID-19 cases worldwide.  As of Wednesday morning, there were 44,067,588 cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.  That’s an increase of over 3.2 million cases in the past seven days.  Of those, at least 8,779,933 are in the U.S., comprising 20% of global cases, a percentage that’s been roughly holding steady for the run of the pandemic to date.  As the number of cases continues to surge in the U.S. and around the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest forecast estimates there will be from 235,000 to 247,000 COVID-19 deaths by the week ending November 14.  There are currently 226,733 deaths reported in the U.S.

COVID-19 numbers
Here’s the latest data on COVID-19 coronavirus infections and deaths.

Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 44,067,588
Global deaths: 1,168,693.  The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 226,733.
Number of countries/regions: at least 189
Total patients recovered globally: 29,849,059

Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 8,779,933 reported cases in 50 states + the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.  This is more than in any other country.
U.S. deaths: at least 226,733.  New York State has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 33,433.
U.S. total patients recovered: 3,487,666
U.S. total people tested: 138,457,135

The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in California, with 915,899 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 39.51 million.  That ranks third in the world after Maharashtra, India, which has 1,654,028 reported cases, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, which has 1,098,207 reported cases.