Global COVID-19 Cases Top 16.1 Million With Over 647k Deaths

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 16.1 million, while the deaths have increased to over 647,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.

As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 16,199,796, while the fatalities rose to 647,910, 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 infections and fatalities at 4,233,764 and 146,934, respectively, according to the CSSE.

Brazil came in second place with 2,419,091 infections and 87,004 deaths.

Meanwhile, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday announced 351 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 58,913.

UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a statement the new cases including many nationalities are all in a stable condition and receiving medical treatment. Besides, 554 more patients have recovered from the virus, taking its tally of recoveries to 52,182.

Russia registered 5,765 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 812,485, the country's Covid-19 response centre said in a statement on Sunday. 77 new deaths were reported, taking the nationwide count to 13,269, the statement said, Xinhua reported.Moscow, the country's worst-hit region, reported 683 newly confirmed cases, taking its total number of infections to 237,947

Israel's Ministry of Health reported 1,278 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 61,956. The death toll from the virus rose to 470 after 13 new deaths were added, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased from 310 to 303, out of 731 patients currently hospitalized.

Brazil's Covid-19 death toll climbed to 87,004 on Sunday after 555 more patients died from the disease in the previous 24 hours. In the same period of time, tests detected 24,578 new cases of infection, bringing the total caseload since the start of the national outbreak to 2,419,091

In terms of cases, India ranks third (1,385,685), and is followed by Russia (811,073), South Africa (445,433), Mexico (390,516), Peru (375,961), Chile (345,790), the UK (301,020), Iran (291,172), Pakistan (273,113), Spain (272,421), Saudi Arabia (266,941), Italy (246,118), Colombia (240,795), Turkey (226,100), Bangladesh (223,453), France (217,801), Germany (206,667), Argentina (162,526), Canada (115,787), Iraq (110,032) and Qatar (109,305), the CSSE figures showed.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (45,837), Mexico (43,680), Italy (35,107), India (32,063), France (30,195), Spain (28,432), Peru (17,843), Iran (15,700) and Russia (13,249).

(IANS)

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