COVID-19: Global caseload tops 11.64 crore

Updated : March 07, 2021 08:37 AM IST

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,949,592 and 524,262, respectively.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 11,192,088.

Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 264,325, followed by Mexico.

The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 11.64 crore while the deaths have surged to more than 25.8 crore, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 116,468,157 and 2,586,872, respectively.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,949,592 and 524,262, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 11,192,088.

The other countries with more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases are Brazil (10,938,836), Russia (4,263,785), the UK (4,225,906), France (3,942,243), Spain (3,149,012), Italy (3,046,762), Turkey (2,769,230), Germany (2,502,163), Colombia (2,273,245), Argentina (2,146,714), Mexico (2,119,305), Poland (1,781,345), Iran (1,681,682), South Africa (1,520,206), Ukraine (1,442,457), Indonesia (1,373,836), Peru (1,358,294), Czech Republic (1,312,164) and The Netherlands (1,130,694), the CSSE figures showed.

Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 264,325, followed by Mexico (189,578) on the third place and India (157,656) on the fourth.

Meanwhile, the nations with a death toll above 50,000 are the UK (124,654), Italy (99,578), France (88,597), Russia (87,253), Germany (71,899), Spain (71,138), Iran (60,594), Colombia (60,412), Argentina (52,870) and South Africa (50,647).

Published : March 07, 2021 08:37 AM IST

COVID-19: Global caseload tops 11.64 crore

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