WASHINGTON, DC – According to Johns Hopkins University, the global coronavirus caseload has surpassed 299.9 million, with over 5.47 million deaths and over 9.33 billion immunizations, despite a continued resurgence around the world.
The University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) released its latest update on Friday morning, revealing that the current global caseload and death toll were 299,981,503 and 5,471,816, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered had increased to 9,336,594,753.
According to the CSSE, the United States continues to be the worst-affected country, with 58,446,019 cases and 833,952 deaths.
India is the country with the second-highest number of cases (35,109,286 infections and 482,876 deaths), followed by Brazil (22,328,252 infections and 619,654 deaths).
The UK (14,099,231), France (11,288,704), Russia (10,420,863), Turkey (9,789,244), Germany (7,399,015), Italy (6,975,465), Spain (6,922,466), Iran (6,203,046), Argentina (6,025,303), and Colombia (5,242,672) are the other nations with over 5 million cases, according to CSSE estimates.
Russia (307,488), Mexico (299,842), Peru (202,904), the United Kingdom (149,993), Indonesia (144,116), Italy (138,474), Iran (131,802), Colombia (130,191), France (126,001), Argentina (117,386), Germany (113,446), and Ukraine are among the countries with over 100,000 deaths (103,225).
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