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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 210.7 mn

By IANS | Updated: August 21, 2021 08:40 IST

Washington, Aug 21 The global coronavirus caseload has topped 210.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more ...

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Washington, Aug 21 The global coronavirus caseload has topped 210.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.41 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.86 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 210,783,833, 4,413,673 and 4,867,003,253, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 37,611,752 and 627,833, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 32,358,829 cases.

The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (20,528,099), Russia (6,613,107), France (6,660,315), the UK (6,459,643), Turkey (6,177,660), Argentina (5,124,963), Colombia (4,883,932), Spain (4,770,453), Italy (4,471,225), Iran (4,616,516), Indonesia (3,950,304), Germany (3,863,495) and Mexico (3,175,211), the CSSE figures showed.

In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 573,511 fatalities.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (433,589), Mexico (251,319), Peru (197,716), Russia (171,480), the UK (131,805), Italy (128,683), Colombia (124,023), Indonesia (123,981), France (113,472), Argentina (110,070) and Iran (100,810).

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