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COVID-19: Global caseload over 11.75 crore

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 2,90,93,947 and 5,27,643, respectively.

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By IANS  March 10, 2021, 9:37:01 AM IST (Published)

COVID-19: Global caseload over 11.75 crore
The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 11.75 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 26 lakh, according to the Johns Hopkins University.


In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 11,75,34,499 and 26,09,748, respectively.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 2,90,93,947 and 5,27,643, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 1,12,44,786.

The other countries with more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases are Brazil (11,122,429), Russia (4,293,750), the UK (4,241,858), France (3,992,755), Spain (3,164,982), Italy (3,101,093), Turkey (2,807,387), Germany (2,520,618), Colombia (2,282,372), Argentina (2,162,001), Mexico (2,137,884), Poland (1,811,036), Iran (1,706,559), South Africa (1,522,697), Ukraine (1,458,785), Indonesia (1,392,945), Peru (1,380,023), Czech Republic (1,335,815) and the Netherlands (1,143,481), the CSSE figures showed.

Brazil currently accounts for the second-highest number of COVID-19 fatalities at 2,68,370, followed by Mexico (1,91,789) in third place and India (1,57,930) in fourth.

Meanwhile, the nations with a death toll above 50,000 are the UK (1,25,032), Italy (,100,479), France (89,455), Russia (88,315), Germany (72,347), Spain (71,727), Iran (60,867), Colombia (60,676), Argentina (53,252) and South Africa (50,906).
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