The number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 48.5 million mark. According to Johns Hopkins University, the deaths have surged to more than 1,231,610.
The University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update that by Friday morning, the total caseload and death toll stands at 48,590,825 and 1,231,616, respectively.
With the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 9,604,077 and 234,904, respectively, the United States is the worst-hit country, according to the CSSE.
India is the second worst-hit country in terms of cases at 8,364,086, while the country's death toll soared to 124,315.
The other top 15 countries with the maximum amount of cases are Brazil (5,590,025), Russia (1,699,695), France (1,648,989), Spain (1,306,316), Argentina (1,217,028), the UK (1,126,469), Colombia (1,117,983), Mexico (943,630), Peru (911,787), Italy (824,879), South Africa (732,414), Iran (654,936), Germany (619,186), Chile (516,582), and Iraq (489,571), the CSSE figures showed.
Brazil currently accounts for the second-highest number of fatalities at 161,106.
The countries with a death toll above 10,000 are Mexico (93,228), the UK (48,210), Italy (40,192), France (39,088), Spain (38,486), Iran (36,985), Peru (34,671), Argentina (32,766), Colombia (32,209), Russia (29,285), South Africa (19,677), Chile (14,404), Indonesia (14,348), Ecuador (12,730), Belgium (12,331), Iraq (11,175), Germany (11,006), Turkey (10,639) and Canada (10,432).
