All the world's SARS-CoV-2 could fit inside a coke can
Dr Kit Yates (PhD) calculated the combined volume of the estimated two quintillion virus particles circulating globally
For an infectious agent that has led to the deaths of more than 2.4 million people, it is worth noting that all the SARS-CoV-2 virus particles circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a soft drink can.
Using global rates of new infections with the pandemic disease, coupled with estimations of viral load, mathematician Dr Kit Yates (PhD) calculated there are around two quintillion — or two billion billion — SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in the world at any one time.
Dr Yates said he used the diameter of SARS-CoV-2 — at an average of