Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 244.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.97 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
According to the data, the current global caseload, death toll and the total number number of vaccine doses administered stood at 243,320,811, 4,942,947 and 6,784,777,718, respectively.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 45,703,865 and 741,231, according to the CSSE.
In terms of infections, India follows in second place with 34,215,653 cases.
The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (21,766,168), the UK (8,938,965), Russia (8,220,975), Turkey (7,935,977), France (7,242,180), Iran (5,888,100), Argentina (5,281,585), Spain (5,006,675), Colombia (4,995,694), Italy (4,752,368), Germany (4,525,297), Indonesia (4,241,809) and Mexico (3,788,986), the CSSE figures showed.