The global coronavirus caseload has topped 415.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.83 million and vaccinations to over 10.25 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 415,114,723 and 5,836,364, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 10,257,109,696.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,036,352 and 925,438, according to the CSSE.
The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,692,943 infections and 509,358 deaths), followed by Brazil (27,677,468 infections and 640,076 deaths).
South Korea reports 90K cases
South Korea's daily number of Covid cases hit a record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus, the health authorities said Wednesday.
According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the country reported 90,443 confirmed cases of in the past 24 hours, raising the total tally to 1,552,851.
The daily caseload was up from 57,175 in the previous day, topping 90,000 for the first time in the country, Xinhua news agency reported.
The other countries with over 5 million cases are France (21,886,335), the UK (18,521,452), Russia (14,267,875), Turkey (13,079,683), Germany (12,692,053), Italy (12,205,474), Spain (10,707,286), Argentina (8,766,174), Iran (6,860,255), Colombia (6,026,988), the Netherlands (5,931,934), Poland (5,408,754) and Mexico (5,300,537), the CSSE figures showed.
The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Russia (334,785), Mexico (312,965), Peru (208,466), the UK (160,400), Italy (151,684), Indonesia (145,176), Colombia (137,439), France (136,187), Iran (134,053), Argentina (124,585), Germany (120,277), Ukraine (110,105) and Poland (108,515).
