Global Covid-19 Caseload Tops 239.5 Million, Death Over 4.88 Million

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 239.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.88 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.57 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and the total number of vaccine doses administered stood at 239,573,207, 4,881,197 and 6,575,970,837, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 44,766,965 and 721,562, according to the CSSE.

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In terms of infections, India follows in second place with 34,020,730 cases.

The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (21,612,237), the UK (8,356,596), Russia (7,773,388), Turkey (7,570,902), France (7,174,580), Iran (5,754,047), Argentina (5,270,003), Spain (4,980,206), Colombia (4,977,043), Italy (4,709,753), Germany (4,355,169), Indonesia (4,232,099) and Mexico (3,738,749), the CSSE figures showed.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (602,099), India (451,435), Mexico (283,193), Russia (216,403), Peru (199,746), Indonesia (142,848), the UK (138,647), Italy (131,461), Colombia (126,759), Iran (123,498), France (118,111) and Argentina (115,633).