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Global Covid caseload tops 315.3 million

Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 315.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.51 million and vaccinations to over 9.51 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 315,390,402 and 5,510,327, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 9,519,485,774. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 62,727,044 and 843,624, according to the CSSE.