Global COVID-19 cases exceed 8 million

June 15, 2020, 9:20 pm

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surpassed 8 million, while the death toll has reached 435,848, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

With 2,093,508 cases and 115,732 deaths, the US continues with the world’s highest number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, agency reports said quoting JHU sources.

In terms of cases, Brazil comes in the second place with 867,624 infections.

This was followed by Russia (528,267), India (320,922), the UK (297,342), Spain (243,928), Italy (236,989), Peru (229,736), France (194,153), Germany (187,518), Iran (187,427), Turkey (178,239), Chile (174,293), Mexico (146,837), Pakistan (139,230), Saudi Arabia (127,541) and Canada (100,043), the Center for Systems Science and Engineering of the JHU figures showed.

Regarding fatalities, Brazil has overtaken the UK in the second position with 43,332 COVID-19 deaths.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (41,783), Italy (34,345), France (29,410), Spain (27,136) and Mexico (17,141).

Besides, 432,922 deaths recorded across the globe since the virus emerged in China late last year.

More than 3.7 million recoveries were also reported.

The worst-hit U.S. has recorded over 2 million confirmed cases, with115,732 deaths and Brazil has reported 867,624 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus with 43,332 deaths.

Russia is now in the third position with 528, 267 cases followed by India (320,922), United Kingdom (297,342) and Spain (243,928).

The UK has the third-highest death toll at 41,783, followed by Italy with 34,345, France 29,410 and Spain 27,136, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, Chinese health authorities said on Monday that they had received reports of 49 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Chinese mainland on Sunday, of which 39 were local transmissions. 
No new deaths were reported.

Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.