Washington: The number of global novel coronavirus cases surpassed 9 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 467,000 on Monday, According to the Johns Hopkins University, the total number of cases stood at 8,927,125, while the fatalities increased to 4,67,636.
With 2,279,306 cases and 119,967 deaths, the US continues with the world’s highest number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed.
Brazil comes in second place with 1,083,341 infections and 50,591 deaths.
In terms of cases, Russia ranks third (583,879), and was followed by India (410,461), the UK (305,803), Peru (251,338), Spain (246,272), Chile (242,355), Italy (238,499), Iran (204,952), France (197,008), Germany (191,272), Turkey (187,685), Mexico (180,545), Pakistan (176,617), Saudi Arabia (157,612), Bangladesh (112,306) and Canada (103,078), the CSSE figures showed.
The countries with over 10,000 deaths were the UK (42,717), Italy (34,634), France (29,643), Spain (28,323), Mexico (21,825) and India (13,254)
