The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the world. Global COVID-19 cases have crossed 7 million mark and over 400,000 people have died so far.
The overall number of COVID-19 cases stood at 7,006,436 Monday morning, while the death toll increased to 402,699, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE).
The US continues with the world’s highest number of confirmed cases and deaths at 1,940,468 and 110,503, respectively, according to the CSSE.
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In terms of cases, Brazil comes in the second place with 691,758 infections.
This was followed by Russia (467,073), the UK (287,621), India (257,486), Spain (241,550), Italy (234,998), Peru (196,515), France (191,102), Germany (185,750), Iran (171,789), Turkey (170,132), Chile (134,150), Mexico (117,103) and Saudi Arabia (101,914), the CSSE figures showed.
Regarding fatalities, the UK continues in the second position after the US with 40,625 COVID-19 deaths, which also accounts for the highest number of fatalities in Europe.
The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are Brazil (36,455), Italy (33,899), France (29,158), Spain (27,136) and Mexico (13,699).
