The data released by the Johns Hopkins University revealed that the global coronavirus caseload has surpassed 443.4 million, with over 5.98 million fatalities and over 10.56 billion vaccinations.
The University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) released its latest update on Saturday morning, revealing that the current global caseload and death toll were 443,419,476 and 5,988,994, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered had increased to 10,565,608,733.
According to the CSSE, the United States continues to be the worst-affected country, with 79,250,505 cases and 958,142 fatalities. The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,951,556 infections and 514,589 deaths), followed by Brazil (28,978,052 infections and 651,522 deaths).
The other countries with over 5 million cases are France (23,137,887), the UK (19,256,702), Russia (16,533,932), Germany (15,582,674), Turkey (14,293,828), Italy (12,948,859), Spain (11,100,428), Argentina (8,912,317), Iran (7,080,217), the Netherlands (6,747,269), Colombia (6,067,023), Poland (5,721,316), Indonesia (5,693,702), Mexico (5,544,644), Japan (5,277,655) and Ukraine (5,040,518), the CSSE figures showed.
The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Russia (347,730), Mexico (319,296), Peru (210,744), the UK (162,582), Italy (155,609), Indonesia (149,596), France (140,144), Colombia (138,899), Iran (137,593), Argentina (126,390), Germany (123,865), Ukraine (112,459), Poland (112,336) and Spain (100,413).
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