Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 90.8 Million

COVID-19 cases have surged to 90.8 million today. US being the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths, followed by India, which is the second place in terms of the number of cases.

Globally coronavirus cases have crossed 90.8 million and covid deaths have surged to more than 1.94 million, reported the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 90,872,905 and 1,943,943, respectively.

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The overall global coronavirus caseload has topped 90.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.94 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 22,612,384 and 376,051, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,466,595, while the country's death toll soared to 151,160.

The other countries with more than a million confirmed cases are Brazil (8,131,612), Russia (3,389,733), the UK (3,127,643), France (2,844,680), Turkey (2,336,476), Italy (2,289,021), Spain (2,111,782), Germany (1,941,116), Colombia (1,801,903), Argentina (1,730,921), Mexico (1,541,633), Poland (1,390,385), Iran (1,292,614), South Africa (1,246,643), Ukraine (1,154,850) and Peru (1,035,184), the CSSE figures showed.

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Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 203,580.

The countries with a death toll above 20,000 are Mexico (134,368), the UK (82,096), Italy (79,203), France (68,197), Russia (61,389), Iran (56,262), Spain (52,275), Colombia (46,451), Argentina (44,654), Germany (41,266), Peru (38,280), South Africa (33,579), Poland (31,264), Indonesia (24,343), Turkey (22,981), Ukraine (20,719) and Belgium (20,078).

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