Global Covid-19 cases cross 35mn mark: Johns Hopkins
India comes in second place in terms of cases at 6,549,373, while the country's death toll soared to 101,782.
Washington D.C: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 35 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,036,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Monday, the total number of cases stood at 35,075,423 and the fatalities rose to 1,036,095, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 7,420,779 and 209,821, respectively, according to the CSSE.
India comes in second place in terms of cases at 6,549,373, while the country’s death toll soared to 101,782.
The other top 15 countries with the maximum amount of cases are Brazil (4,915,289), Russia (1,209,039), Colombia (855,052), Peru (821,564), Argentina (798,486), Spain (789,932), Mexico (761,665), South Africa (681,289), France (629,509), the UK (505,619), Iran (471,772), Chile (470,179), Iraq (379,141), Bangladesh (368,690), and Saudi Arabia (336,387), the CSSE figures showed.
Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 146,352.
The countries with a death toll above 10,000 are Mexico (101,782), the UK (42,440), Italy (35,986), Peru (32,609), France (32,171), Spain (32,086), Iran (26,957), Colombia (26,712), Russia (21,260), Argentina (21,018), South Africa (16,976), Chile (12,979), Ecuador (11,647), Indonesia (11,151) and Belgium (10,044).
