Global Covid caseload tops 390.5 mn, deaths surge to more than 5.72 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 390.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.72 million and vaccinations to over 10.02 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 390,541,923 and 5,724,286, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 10,026,600,679.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 76,344,963 and 901,288, according to the CSSE.

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (41,952,712 infections and 500,055 deaths), followed by Brazil (26,326,454 infections and 631,265 deaths).

The other countries with over 5 million cases are France (20,517,059), the UK (17,809,813), Russia (12,257,664), Turkey (12,051,852), Italy (11,449,601), Germany (10,779,641), Spain (10,199,716), Argentina (8,555,379), Iran (6,520,707), Colombia (5,943,783), Mexico (5,106,048) and Poland (5,083,332), the CSSE figures showed.

The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Russia (327,310), Mexico (308,829), Peru (206,406), the UK (158,521), Italy (148,167), Indonesia (144,320), Colombia (135,282), France (133,202), Iran (132,681), Argentina (122,439), Germany (118,548), Ukraine (107,712) and Poland (106,306).

--IANS

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