Global Coronavirus Cases Top 82.6 Million

Globally, the overall number of COVID-19 cases has topped 82.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.80 million, reveal sources.

Globally, the overall number of COVID-19 cases has topped 82.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.80 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 19,722,442 and 341,964, respectively, according to the CSSE.

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‘In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 82,625,514 and 1,802,560, respectively.’

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,244,852, while the country's death toll soared to 148,439.

The other countries with more than a million confirmed cases are Brazil (7,619,200), Russia (3,100,018), France (2,657,624), the UK (2,440,202), Turkey (2,194,272), Italy (2,083,689), Spain (1,910,218), Germany (1,719,912), Colombia (1,626,461), Argentina (1,613,928), Mexico (1,401,529), Poland (1,281,414), Iran (1,218,753), Ukraine (1,076,880), South Africa (1,039,161), and Peru (1,010,496), the CSSE figures showed.

Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 193,875.

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The countries with a death toll above 20,000 are Mexico (148,439), Italy (148,439), the UK (72,657), France (64,508), Russia (55,692), Iran (55,095), Spain (50,689), Argentina (43,163), Colombia (42,909), Peru (37,574), Germany (32,665), South Africa (28,033), Poland (28,019), Indonesia (21,944) and Turkey (20,642).

Source-IANS

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