Global Covid caseload tops 277.1 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 51,545,991 and 812,069, according to the CSSE.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 51,545,991 and 812,069, according to the CSSE.
The list was based on results of above-grade-level testing of 19,000 students across 84 countries, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (307,231), Mexico (221,963), the UK (128,001), Italy (125,501), Russia (117,197) and France (109,040).
The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 117.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.61 million, according to the data by the Johns Hopkins University on Thursday.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 12,883,846 and 263,455, respectively, according to the CSSE.
Curfews will be reimposed in Paris and other eight major cities from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. in an effort to curb the spread of the pandemic.
Globally 10,117,326 have been infected with the virus while 5,01,281 have died due to it according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
Authorities evacuated nearly 150 coronavirus patients from a recently built field hospital to a facility with a concrete roof as a precautionary measure, as Mumbai braces for cyclone Nisarga, the first such storm to occur in the city in more than 70 years.
United States remains the worst affected country due to the pandemic with 1,622,670 cases of infections, and death toll at 97,087 till now.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world is at 2,699,338, while 188,437 deaths have been recorded, according to Johns Hopkins University.
