NEW YORK: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 62,573,187. While 43,193,984 have recovered, 1,458,305 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 13,608,696 cases, and 271,025 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, which has 9,390,791 cases, Brazil (6,290,272), Russia (2,242,633), France (2,208,699).

The first vaccines available to some of New York City's first responders could be distributed in a matter of weeks, according to an internal memo of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).

The memo sent to emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics and firefighters said that vaccinations for COVID-19 "will potentially begin in mid-late December" pending FDA approval, U.S. national television network NBC reported on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Brazil registered 24,468 new cases and 272 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its national caseload to 6,314,740 and death toll to 172,833, the Health Ministry reported Sunday.

India's coronavirus caseload inched close to 9.4 million with 41,810 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease crossed 8.8 million-mark, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.71 per cent. The country's Covid-19 death toll has risen to 136,705.

The figures released on Sunday were incomplete, as reports on both deaths and cases were slowed down due to it being the weekend as well as the holding of elections in 57 municipalities.

On Monday, India reported 39,000 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking its tally to 9,432,039. The country's death toll mounted to 137,177. At 1,820,059, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 883,899, Andhra Pradesh 867,683, Tamil Nadu 777,616 and Kerala 599,000. For a second day in a row, the daily infections reported in Delhi were under 5,000, at 4,906 cases, while 6,325 patients recovered from the deadly disease. The number of deaths reported were 68, the lowest in a day since November 5. Delhi's tally has risen to 5,66,648 and the toll has mounted to 9,066.