COVID-19 Cases Worldwide Surpass 25.4 Million, Death Toll Over 849,000

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 25.4 million, while the deaths have increased to over 849,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.

As of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 25,405,556 and the fatalities rose to 849,303, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The US accounted for the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 6,028,617 and 183,579 respectively, according to the CSSE.

Brazil came in second place with 3,908,272 infections and 121,381 deaths.

Meanwhile, Brazil has said its Covid-19 death toll surpassed 121,000 deaths after 553 more patients died, taking the total number of fatalities to 121,381.

Since Sunday, tests detected 45,961 new cases of infection, pushing the total caseload to 3,908,272, the Ministry of Health said on Monday, Xinhua reported.

The Israel Ministry of Health reported 2,576 new coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the total number in the country to 116,596.

Meanwhile, the death toll of the infectious disease reached 939 with 20 new fatalities, while the number of patients in serious condition dropped from 444 to 437, out of 891 patients currently hospitalised, Xinhua reported.

The number of recoveries increased to 95,009, with 2,213 new ones, while the number of active cases rose to 20,648

On a positive note, Brazil saw its fifth consecutive day of less than 1,000 fatalities from the novel coronavirus.

In terms of cases, India ranks third (3,621,245), and is followed by Russia (992,402), Peru (647,166), South Africa (627,041), Colombia (607,904), Mexico (599,560), Spain (462,858), Argentina (417,735), Chile (411,726), Iran (375,212), the UK (338,082), France (318,986), Saudi Arabia (315,772), Bangladesh (312,996), Pakistan (295,849), Turkey (270,133), Italy (269,214), Germany (244,802), Iraq (234,934), Philippines (220,819), Indonesia (174,796), Canada (130,918), Ukraine (124,132), Qatar (118,778), Israel (116,596), Bolivia (115,968), Ecuador (113,767) and Kazakhstan (105,795), the CSSE figures showed.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the India (64,469), Mexico (64,414), the UK (41,588), Italy (35,483), France (30,640), Spain (29,094), Peru (28,788), Iran (21,571), Colombia (19,363), Russia (17,128), South Africa (14,149) and Chile (11,289).

(IANS)

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