Covid-19 Global Updates: Cases Surpass 82.6 Million, Deaths Exceed 1.80 Million

Washington: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis from around the globe on Thursday.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 82.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.80 million, 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 death toll stood at 82,625,514 and 1,802,560, respectively.

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.

New York State reported 37,687 fatalities, at the top of the US state-level death toll list. Texas recorded the second most deaths of 27,298. The states of California and Florida both confirmed more than 21,000 deaths, the CSSE tally showed.

States with more than 10,000 fatalities also include New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts and Georgia.

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.

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).

(With IANS Inputs)