The overall count of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 76 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 1.68 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The latest update on Sunday by the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) has revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 76,199,167 and 1,683,910, respectively. 

The worst hit by the pandemic is the United States with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 17,631,293 and 316,006, respectively, according to the CSSE. The Second place is occupied by the Indian sub-continent with total infection at 10,004,599 and the country's death toll soared to 145,136. The countries with more than a million confirmed infections are Brazil (7,213,155), Russia (2,792,615), France (2,516,957), the UK (2,010,077), Turkey (2,004,285), Italy (1,938,083 ), Spain (1,797,236), Argentina (1,537,169), Colombia (1,496,062), Germany (1,494,063), Mexico (1,301,546), Poland (1,194,110) and Iran (1,152,072), the CSSE figures showed. 

Though India is the second highest infected stays behind in terms of fatalities. Brazil stands at the second highest number of fatalities at 186,356. The countries with a death toll above 20,000 are Mexico (117,249), Italy (68,447), the UK (67,177), France (60,534), Iran (53,448), Russia (49,744), Spain (48,926), Argentina (41,763), Colombia (40,268), Peru (36,858), Germany (25,899), Poland (25,254) and South Africa (24,539). 

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