Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 22.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 786,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Thursday morning, the total number of cases stood at 22,322,208 and the fatalities rose to 786,185, 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 5,527,306 and 173,114, respectively, according to the CSSE.
Brazil came in the second place with 3,456,652 infections and 111,100 deaths.
In terms of cases, India ranks third (2,767,273), and is followed by Russia (935,066), South Africa (596,060), Peru (549,321), Mexico (537,031), Colombia (489,122), Chile (390,037), Spain (370,867), Iran (350,279), the UK (322,996), Argentina (312,659), Saudi Arabia (302,686), Pakistan (290,445), Bangladesh (285,091), France (256,534), Italy (255,278), Turkey (253,108), Germany (229,706), Iraq (188,802), Philippines (173,774), Indonesia (144,945), Canada (125,408), Qatar (115,956), Ecuador (104,475), Kazakhstan (103,571) and Bolivia (103,019), the CSSE figures showed.
The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the Mexico (58,481), India (52,889), UK (41,483), Italy (35,412), France (30,434), Spain (28,797), Peru (26,658), Iran (20,125), Russia (15,951), Colombia (15,619), South Africa (12,423) and Chile (10,578).
US Covid-19 cases surpass 5.5 million
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US surpassed 5.5 million on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The US case count rose to 5,505,074, with the national death toll reaching 172,418, according to the CSSE, Xinhua reported.
The hardest-hit US state of California reported 640,722 cases, followed by Florida with 584,047 cases, Texas with 569,331 cases, and New York with 426,571 cases, the tally showed.
Other states with over 180,000 cases include Georgia, Illinois, Arizona and New Jersey, according to the CSSE.
By far, the United States remains the worst-hit nation, in terms of both the caseload and death toll.
Israel reports new record of daily Covid-19 deaths
Israel's Ministry of Health reported 18 new Covid-19 death cases on Wednesday, the highest daily death toll since the country's pandemic outbreak in late February.
The previous daily death case record in Israel, 17, was recorded on August 12.
The ministry also added to the total number of death cases 53 deaths of nursing home residents that have occurred since early July, but were not registered on time by mistake, Xinhua reported.
Israel's Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Wednesday that he sees this mistake very seriously and instructed to carry out a thorough inspection.
As a result, the total number of death cases reached 779, while the number of patients in serious condition dropped from 404 to 398, out of 795 patients currently hospitalised.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in Israel reached 97,969, with 1,560 new cases. The number of recoveries rose to 73,092, with 1,102 new recoveries, while the number of active cases rose to 24,098.
60 Covid-19 patients discharged in Chinese mainland
The National Health Commission said on Thursday that 60 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery in the Chinese mainland on Wednesday.
There were 516 patients still being treated, including 24 in severe condition, the commission said in its daily report, Xinhua reported.
Altogether 79,745 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals by Wednesday, the report said.
As of Wednesday, a total of 84,895 confirmed Covid-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, among whom 4,634 died of the disease.
(IANS)
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