The coronavirus infections globally has increased by 166,735 in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases above 14 million on Sunday, according to the World Health Orgsation (WHO).
Saturday's total was a record of some 259,000 cases.
On Sunday, the global total of COVID-19 cases grew to 14,043,176.
The death count stands at 597,583 people, with 4,496 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, as per the WHO dashboard.
The Americas are leading with 7,376,748 cases.
WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11. (Sputnik/)
( With inputs from ANI )