Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with more than 180 million confirmed cases and four million deaths across nearly 200 countries.

The US, India and Brazil have seen the highest number of confirmed cases, followed by France, Russia, Turkey and the UK.

Very few places have been left untouched.

In the table below, countries can be reordered by deaths, death rate and total cases. In the coloured bars on the right-hand side, countries in which cases have risen to more than 10,000 per day are those with black bars on the relevant date.

Note: The map, table and animated bar chart in this page use a different source for figures for France and the UK from that used by Johns Hopkins University. US figures do not include Puerto Rico, Guam or the US Virgin Islands.

Confirmed cases have been rising steeply since the middle of last year, but the true extent of the first outbreaks in 2020 is unclear because testing was not then widely available.

The 100 millionth Covid case was recorded at the end of January - about a year after the first officially diagnosed case of the virus.

Deaths have also been rising, however official figures may not fully reflect the true number in many countries.

Data on excess deaths, a measure of how many more people are dying than would be expected based on the previous few years, may give a better indication of the actual numbers in many cases.

Several coronavirus vaccines have been approved for use, either by individual countries or groups of countries, such as the European Union and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Of the 193 countries and territories administering vaccines and publishing rollout data, 67 are high-income nations, 101 are middle-income and 25 low-income.

The map below, using figures collated by Our World in Data - a collaboration between Oxford University and an educational charity - shows the total number of doses given per 100 people, mostly first doses.

Overall, China and India have administered the highest number of doses, with about 1.3 billion and 360 million respectively. The US ranks third, with more than 330 million.

But when breaking the figures down by doses per 100 people in countries with a population of at least one million, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel top the list.

Most countries are prioritising the over-60s, health workers and people who are clinically vulnerable.

Some countries have secured more vaccine doses than their populations need, while other lower-income countries are relying on a global plan known as Covax, which is seeking to ensure everyone in the world has access to a vaccine.

With many countries now having started widespread vaccine rollouts, the number of daily cases is stable in most regions.

Here's a breakdown of the situation by region:

Asia

Asia was the centre of the initial outbreak that spread from China in early 2020, but the number of cases and deaths there was initially lower than in Europe and North America.

However, the recent surge in cases in India and elsewhere is changing the picture.

In India, the official death toll is more than 400,000, while it has recorded more than 30 million cases - second only to the US.

Elsewhere, Indonesia is recording about 30,000 new cases every day at the moment and hospitals there have seen oxygen shortages.

As the chart below shows, other countries in Asia have also seen recent spikes in cases.

Latin America

In Latin America, Brazil has recorded about 19 million cases and more than 500,000 deaths - the world's second highest official death toll.

Mexico has seen the fourth highest number of deaths in the world, with over 230,000.

Peru now has the fifth highest toll with more than 190,000 deaths, but the highest number of deaths by population size - around 600 deaths for every 100,000 people.

Colombia, Argentina and Chile have also seen recent surges in cases but the numbers are now falling again.

Europe

The UK and some other European countries are now seeing a rise in cases once again, driven by the Delta variant of the virus.

Russia is currently seeing more than 20,000 new cases every day and over 700 deaths - the highest daily death figures the country has seen since the pandemic began.

Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Greece are among the other countries currently seeing a spike in cases, as the chart below shows.

However, the pace of Europe's Covid-19 vaccination campaign has picked up and lockdowns are being eased in many countries.

North America

The US has recorded nearly 34 million cases and over 600,000 deaths - the highest figures in the world.

However, daily cases and deaths in the US have both now fallen recently, as they have in Canada, where the death rate is far lower than its neighbour's.

Middle East

Several countries in the Middle East have had severe outbreaks of the virus, with Iran and Iraq seeing the highest numbers of deaths.

Iran has the highest official death toll in the region and the country is currently seeing another rise in daily cases. Neighbouring Iraq is also seeing a new spike in cases.

Israel has rolled out a highly successful vaccination programme, but recently re-imposed a requirement for masks to be worn indoors after an increase in cases.

Africa

Africa is approaching six million cases and 150,000 deaths - but the true extent of the pandemic in many African countries is not known as testing rates are low.

South Africa, with more than two million cases and 60,000 deaths, is the worst affected country on the continent, according to official figures.

Morocco has recorded over 500,000 cases and Tunisia is not far behind on about 465,000 cases. Ethiopia and Egypt have both seen more than 250,000 cases.

Oceania

Australia and New Zealand have been praised for their response to the pandemic, with both countries having seen comparatively few deaths.

But there is new concern in Australia where cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 have now been detected across the country.

Elsewhere in the region, Papua New Guinea saw a recent spike in infections, taking total cases there to more than 17,000.

Covid-19 was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China, in late 2019 but the outbreak spread quickly across the globe in the first months of 2020.

It was declared a global pandemic by the WHO on 11 March 2020.

A pandemic is when an infectious disease is passing easily from person to person in many parts of the world at the same time.

The data used on this page comes from a variety of sources. It includes figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, national governments and health agencies, as well as UN data on populations.

When comparing figures from different countries it is important to bear in mind that not all governments are recording coronavirus cases and deaths in the same way. This makes like for like comparisons between countries difficult.

Other factors to consider include: different population sizes, the size of a country's elderly population or whether a particular country has a large amount of its people living in densely-populated areas. In addition, countries may be in different stages of the pandemic.