Global Covid-19 Caseload Tops 162.1 Million Mark

In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 162,198,241 and 3,364,761, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 32,923,318 and 585,699, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 24,372,907 cases.

The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (15,586,534), France (5,925,071), Turkey (5,106,862), Russia (4,875,308), the UK (4,464,634), Italy (4,153,374), Spain (3,604,799), Germany (3,595,872), Argentina (3,290,935) and Colombia (3,103,333), the CSSE figures showed.

In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 434,715 fatalities.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (266,207), Mexico (219,089), the UK (127,937), Italy (124,063), Russia (113,541) and France (107,6