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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 232 mn

By IANS | Published: September 28, 2021 8:15 AM

Washington, Sep 28 The global coronavirus caseload has topped 232 million, while the deaths have surged to more ...

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Washington, Sep 28 The global coronavirus caseload has topped 232 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.75 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.12 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 232,296,690, 4,755,749 and 6,122,719,792, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 43,116,407 and 690,426, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 33,678,786 cases.

The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (21,366,395), the UK (7,737,846), Russia (7,334,843), France (7,087,110), Turkey (7,066,658), Iran (5,547,990), Argentina (5,251,940), Colombia (4,952,690), Spain (4,951,640), Italy (4,662,087), Indonesia (4,209,403), Germany (4,209,098) and Mexico (3,632,800), the CSSE figures showed.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (594,653), India (447,194), Mexico (275,450), Peru (199,314), Russia (201,015), Indonesia (141,585), the UK (136,569), Italy (130,742), Colombia (126,178), Iran (119,649), France (117,581) and Argentina (114,954).

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