Global Covid-19 cases breach 33.2mn mark
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Washington : The total global coronavirus cases has surged past 33.2 million, while the deaths have spiked to more than 1,000,820, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
The total number of cases as of Tuesday stood at 33,273,720 and the fatalities rose to 1,000,825, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
The US continues to be the worst-hit reporting the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 7,147,751 and 205,062, respectively, according to the CSSE.
India comes in the second place in terms of cases at 6,074,702, while the country's death toll soared to 95,542.
The other top 15 countries with the maximum amount of cases are Brazil (4,745,464), Russia (1,154,299), Colombia (818,203), Peru (805,302), Spain (748,266), Mexico (733,717), Argentina (723,132), South Africa (671,669), France (577,980), Chile (459,671), Iran (449,960), the UK (441,573), Bangladesh (360,555), Iraq (353,566) and Saudi Arabia (333,648), the CSSE figures showed.
Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 142,058.
The countries with a death toll above 10,000 are Mexico (76,603), the UK (42,090), Italy (35,851), Peru (32,262), France (31,744), Spain (31,411), Iran (25,779), Colombia (25,641), Russia (20,299), South Africa (16,586), Argentina (16,113), Chile (12,698), Ecuador (11,280) and Indonesia (10,473).