The total amount of Covid-19 infecting humans around the world would fit into a teaspoon, claims Australian mathematician Matt Parker. The microscopic size of coronavirus means its total volume is a minuscule 8 ml, he added.
Parker started his calculation with an estimate of the number of cells in each coronavirus patient. The mathematician based this on the viral load measured from swabs. He calculated the number of people infected with coronavirus on the assumption that each person was infected for two weeks and at least 300,000 new cases are recorded daily.
The size of coronavirus is so small that you cannot see the virus with naked eyes. The size of a human cell is about 100 micrometers, which is equal to the width of a hair found on our heads. The size of human cells is 10 million times the size of the Covid-19 virus.
Covid-19 has infected over 55 million people across the world and has caused the death of 1.34 million people.
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