Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 18.7 million, while the deaths have increased to over 706,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
As of Thursday morning, the total number of COVID-19 cases stood at 18,727,530 and the fatalities rose to 706,041, 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 coronavirus infections and fatalities at 4,821,287 and 158,171, respectively, according to the CSSE.
Brazil came in second place with 2,859,073 COVID infections and 97,256 deaths.
Meanwhile, Chinese health authority said on Thursday that it received reports of 37 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday, including 30 locally transmitted. Of the locally-transmitted cases, 27 were reported in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and three in Liaoning Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report, Xinhua reported.
Israel's Ministry of Health reported 1,721 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, raising the total in the country to 77,919. The death toll rose from 561 to 565, while the number of patients in serious condition rose from 341 to 345, out of 745 patients currently hospitalised, Xinhua reported. The number of recoveries increased to 51,395, with 1,561 new recoveries, while the number of active cases reached 25,956.
In terms of cases, India ranks third (1,908,254), and is followed by Russia (864,948), South Africa (529,877), Mexico (456,100), Peru (439,890), Chile (364,723), Colombia (334,979), Iran (317,483), the UK (307,258), Spain (305,767), Saudi Arabia (282,824), Pakistan (281,136), Italy (248,803), Bangladesh (246,674), Turkey (236,112), France (228,576), Argentina (220,682), Germany (214,113), Iraq (137,556), Canada (120,033), Indonesia (116,871), Philippines (115,980) and Qatar (111,805), the CSSE figures showed.
The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the Mexico (49,698), UK (46,295), India (39,795), Italy (35,181), France (30,297), Spain (28,499), Peru (20,007), Iran (17,802), Russia (14,465) and Colombia (11,315).
(IANS)
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