Global Covid-19 caseload break past 15.83 crores, steep hike in deaths

Sunday 09 May, 2021 | 9:37 AM

NEW YORK: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 156.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.26 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 156,472,669 and 3,264,720, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 32,649,677 and 580,870, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in second place with 21,491,598 cases.

The other countries with more than two million confirmed coronavirus cases are Brazil (15,082,449), France (5,808,421), Turkey (4,998,089), Russia (4,808,133), the UK (4,446,752), Italy (4,092,747), Spain (3,567,408), Germany (3,507,730), Argentina (3,118,134), Colombia (2,968,626), Poland (2,824,425), Iran (2,627,094), Mexico (2,358,831) and Ukraine (2,160,809), the CSSE figures showed.

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 156.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.26 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 32,649,677 and 580,870, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in second place with 21,491,598 cases.