NEW YORK: The global tally of the total number of people infected by coronavirus is going to cross 50 lakh while the death toll due to the infection has touched 324,910. USA has the highest number of patients and deaths. More than 15 lakh people have contracted the disease in America. Nearly 1500 people have died in the last 24 hours. With this, the death toll rose to 91872.

Almost 22,000 people tested positive of the virus in the last 24 hours. Russia is the second most affected country after US having more number of patients. More than 8000 fresh cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. There are close to three lakh infected people in Russia. 2837 people have lost their lives.

The situation in Brazil is also serious. The virus was confirmed on 2.75 lakh people in the country. More than 1000 died in the last 24 hours. More than 2,50,000 are infected in the UK. In Italy, infected cases rose to 226,699.

Meantime, in India, the number of coronavirus cases climbed to 1,01,139. Death toll due to the infection touched 3,163. 4900 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The situation in Maharashtra is the worst. Number of patients in the state has crossed 35,000.