The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 176.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.81 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 176,559,700 and 3,819,109, respectively.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 33,485,557 and 600,265, respectively, according to the CSSE.
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In terms of infections, India follows in second place with 29,570,881 cases.
The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (17,533,221), France (5,806,255), Turkey (5,342,028), Russia (5,176,051), the UK (4,596,987), Italy (4,247,032), Argentina (4,172,742), Colombia (3,802,052), Spain (3,745,199), Germany (3,725,383) and Iran (3,049,648), the CSSE figures showed.
In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 490,696 fatalities.
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Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (377,031), Mexico (230,187), the UK (128,181), Italy ( 127,101), Russia (125,055) and France (110,692).
