Washington(WA), August 3 : The total no. of global COVID-19 instances has surpassed the 18 mln mark, awhile the demises have been nearing 688,000, as per the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Mon. in the morning, the overall no. of instances stood in 18,002,567 & the fatalities rose to 687,930, the University’s Centre for Systems Science & Engineering(engr.) (CSSE) disclosed in its latest update.
The US accounted for the globe’s largest no. of infections & fatalities in 4,665,932 & 154,841, respectively, as per the CSSE.
Brazil had come within the 2nd place with 2,733,677 infections & 94,104 demises.
In terms of instances, India(In) ranks 3rd (1,750,723), & is succeeded by Russia (849,277), South Africa (511,485), Mexico (439,046), Peru (422,183), Chile (359,731), Iran (309,437), the UK (306,317), Colombia (306,181), Spain (288,522), Pakistan(PAK) (279,699), Saudi (278,835), Italy (248,070), Bangladesh (240,746), Turkey (232,856), France (225,198), Germany (211,220), Argentina (201,919), Iraq (129,151), Canada (118,768), Indonesia (111,455), Qatar (111,107) & the Philippines (103,185), the CSSE figures demonstrated.
The different nations with over 10,000 demises are the Mexico (47,746), UK (46,286), India(In) (37,364), Italy (35,154), France (30,268), Spain (28,445), Peru (19,408), Iran (17,190), Russia (14,104) & Colombia (10,330).