The global coronavirus caseload has topped 438.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.96 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The decline in India and other worst-hit countries is visible.
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 438,372,893 and 5,964,355, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 10,546,967,667.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,088,507 and 952,629, according to the CSSE.
The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,931,045 infections and 514,023 deaths), followed by Brazil (28,818,850 infections and 649,922 deaths). India's daily Covid cases in a span of 24 hours rose marginally to 7,554 against 6,915 infections reported on the previous day.
A total of 223 deaths were reported in the same time span taking the death toll to 5,14,246, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.
The other countries with over 5 million cases are France (22,959,368), the UK (19,120,746), Russia (16,257,688), Germany (14,974,722), Turkey (14,149,341), Italy (12,829,972), Spain (11,036,085), Argentina (8,904,176), Iran (7,060,741), the Netherlands (6,572,042), Colombia (6,065,801), Poland (5,680,034), Mexico (5,508,629) and Indonesia (5,589,176), the CSSE figures showed.
The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Russia (345,427), Mexico (318,149), Peru (210,672), the UK (162,203), Italy (155,000), Indonesia (148,660), Colombia (138,854), France (139,594), Iran (137,064), Argentina (126,257), Germany (123,024), Ukraine (112,459) and Poland (111,586).
(With inputs from IANS)
