Business Standard

Sunday, December 22, 2024 | 11:51 AM ISTEN Hindi

Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Global coronavirus caseload tops 525.3 mn, death toll crosses 6.28 mn

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 82,951,379 and 1,001,269, respectively

Photo: Unsplash/Mufid Majnun

Photo: Unsplash

IANS Washington

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 525.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 525,259,489 and 6,283,324, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered increased to 11,424,880,199.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 82,951,379 and 1,001,269, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,127,199.

 

The other countries with over 10 million cases are Brazil (30,701,900), France (29,489,304), Germany (25,890,456), the UK (24,330,226), Russia (18,007,169), South Korea (17,889,849), Italy (17,147,477), Turkey (15,058,627), Spain (12,179,234) and Vietnam (10,701,796).

The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (665,216), India (524,293), Russia (370,354), Mexico (324,617), Peru (213,058), the UK (190,322), Italy (165,630), Indonesia (156,498), France (148,686), Iran (141,244), Colombia (139,821), Germany (137,888), Argentina (128,776), Poland (116,230), Spain (105,642) and South Africa (100,867).

--IANS

int/khz/

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel

First Published: May 19 2022 | 9:28 AM IST

Explore News