Data released by Johns Hopkins University revealed the global coronavirus caseload has reached 419.4 million, with over 5.86 million fatalities and over 10.30 billion vaccinations.
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 419,431,761 and 5,861,258, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered had increased to 10,302,830,465.
According to the CSSE, the United States continues to be the worst-affected country, with 78,274,553 cases and 931,504 fatalities. The second worst-hit country in terms of cases is India (42,754,315 infections and 510,413 deaths), followed by Brazil (27,940,119 infections and 642,156 deaths).
The other countries with over 5 million cases are France (22,223,781), the UK (18,628,655), Russia (14,624,423), Turkey (13,266,265), Germany (13,154,553), Italy (12,323,398), Spain (10,778,607), Argentina (8,799,858), Iran (6,894,110), the Netherlands (6,052,374), Colombia (6,031,130), Poland (5,460,552) and Mexico (5,344,840), the CSSE figures showed.
The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Russia (336,299), Mexico (314,128), Peru (208,622), the UK (160,784), Italy (152,282), Indonesia (145,622), Colombia (137,586), France (137,143), Iran (134,420), Argentina (124,924), Germany (120,784), Ukraine (110,698) and Poland (109,205).
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