WASHINGTON: According to the Johns Hopkins University statement, the total number of global coronavirus cases has climbed 111.3 million, while the deaths have surged to over 2.46 million.
In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload stood at 111,338,617 while death toll climbed at 2,465,846 mark.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,133,627 and 498,879 respectively, according to the CSSE. India comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,991,651.
The other countries with more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases are Brazil (10,168,174), the UK (4,127,574), Russia (4,117,992), France (3,597,540), Spain (3,133,122), Italy (2,809,246), Turkey (2,638,422), Germany (2,394,515), Colombia (2,226,262), Argentina (2,064,334), Mexico (2,041,380), Poland (1,638,767), Iran (1,574,012), South Africa (1,503,796), Ukraine (1,351,190), Indonesia (1,278,653), Peru (1,275,899), Czech Republic (1,153,159) and the Netherlands (1,071,223), the CSSE figures showed.
Brazil currently accounts for the second-highest number of Covid-19 fatalities at 246,504, followed by Mexico 180,107 on the third place and India 156,302 on the fourth.
Meanwhile, the nations with a death toll above 20,000 are the UK (120,810), Italy (95,718), France (83,546), Russia (81,926), Germany (67,900), Spain (67,101), Iran (59,483), Colombia (58,834), Argentina (51,198), South Africa (49,053), Peru (44,877), Poland (42,171), Indonesia (34,489), Turkey (28,060), Ukraine (26,470), Belgium (21,887) and Canada (21,675).
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