Two hundred million is a huge number.However, the 200 millionth coronavirus infection case was detected in the world. This staggering figure, which is more than the combined populations of France, Spain, and Germany, does not show how deeply the virus has penetrated humanity.Although it is difficult to measure a virus that causes no symptoms in most people, and many cases go unreported, case count has been a useful tool for many of the pandemics. It acts like a flashing red light in a cockpit of a plane warning of imminent danger.Too often, a surge in cases has been followed by a flurry of people thronging emergency rooms. The fatality rates have risen several weeks later. It took over a year for the pandemic's 100 millionth victim, and six months for it to double. The world reached the 200 million mark on Wednesday according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.
