Global Covid-19 Cases Reach 115.5 Million

Covid-19 cases around the globe have reached to 115.5 million and the deaths have surged to more than 2.55 million, reveals the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 115,584,230 and 2,568,083, respectively.

‘Other countries with more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases are Brazil, Russia, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Iran, South Africa, Ukraine, Indonesia, Peru, Czech Republic and The Netherlands.’

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,824,499 and 520,226, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 11,156,923.

The other countries with more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases are Brazil (10,793,732), Russia (4,241,970), the UK (4,213,764), France (3,895,430), Spain (3,142,358), Italy (2,999,119), Turkey (2,746,158), Germany (2,484,306), Colombia (2,266,211), Argentina (2,133,963), Mexico (2,104,987), Poland (1,750,659), Iran (1,665,103), South Africa (1,517,666), Ukraine (1,422,927), Indonesia (1,361,098), Peru (1,344,969), Czech Republic (1,284,288) and The Netherlands (1,120,566), the CSSE figures showed.

Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of Covid-19 fatalities at 260,970, followed by Mexico (188,044) on the third place and India (157,435) on the fourth.

Meanwhile, the nations with a death toll above 50,000 are the UK (124,259), Italy (98,974), France (87,988), Russia (86,368), Germany (71,420), Spain (70,501), Iran (60,431), Colombia (60,189), Argentina (52,644) and South Africa (50,462).



Source: IANS