Global Covid caseload tops 354.3 million

Washington: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 354.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.60 million and vaccinations to over 9.81 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 354,310,228 and 5,603,714, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 9,818,992,958.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 71,645,863 and 868,420, according to the CSSE.

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (39,543,328 infections and 489,848 deaths), followed by Brazil (24,054,405 infections and 623,370 deaths).

The other countries with over 5 million cases are France (16,917,220), the UK (15,966,838), Turkey (10,947,129), Russia (10,923,494), Italy (9,923,678), Spain (8,975,458), Germany (8,717,091), Argentina (7,862,536) Iran (6,250,490) and Colombia (5,740,179), the CSSE figures showed.

The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Russia (319,536), Mexico (303,085), Peru (204,141), the UK (154,374), Indonesia (144,220), Italy (143,523), Colombia (132,240), Iran (132,230), France (130,013), Argentina (119,168), Germany (116,723), Ukraine (105,791) and Poland (103,844).