Washington: The global Covid caseload has topped 264.13 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.23 million and vaccination to over 8.07 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 264,131,554 and 5,233,849 respectively. And the total number of vaccine doses administered was 8,077,311,814.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 48,832,302 and 785,907, respectively according to the CSSE.