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Global Covid caseload tops 480.8 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 480.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.12 million and vaccinations to over 10.87 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University…reports Asian Lite News

In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 480,897,085 and 6,123,409, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 10,870,749,502.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 79,954,418 and 976,702, according to the CSSE.

India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,019,453.

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The other countries with over 10 million cases are Brazil (29,849,740) France (25,216,913), the UK (20,848,913), Germany (19,492,672), Russia (17,504,537), Turkey (14,800,677), Italy (14,364,723), South Korea (12,003,054) and Spain (11,451,676), the CSSE figures showed.

The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (659,159), India (521,004), Russia (360,021), Mexico (322,735), Peru (212,128), the UK (165,046), Italy (158,782), Indonesia (154,570), France (142,705), Iran (139,865), Colombia (139,573), Argentina (127,909), Germany (127,599), Poland (114,828), Ukraine (112,459) and Spain (102,392).

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