The global coronavirus caseload has topped 421.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.87 million and vaccinations to over 10.31 billion, according to 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 and the death toll stood at 421,348,262 and 5,872,338, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 10,317,284,055.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,372,010 and 933,808, according to the CSSE. The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,780,235 infections and 510,905 deaths), followed by Brazil (28,072,238 infections and 643,340 deaths).
The other countries with over 5 million cases are France (22,310,014), the UK (18,676,357), Russia (14,802,439), Turkey (13,266,265), Germany (13,361,053), Italy (12,323,398), Spain (10,778,607), Argentina (8,799,858), Iran (6,894,110), the Netherlands (6,052,374), Colombia (6,031,130), Poland (5,460,552) and Mexico (5,344,840), the CSSE figures showed.
The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Russia (337,074), Mexico (314,128), Peru (208,622), the UK (160,946), Italy (152,282), Indonesia (145,622), Colombia (137,586), France (137,448), Iran (134,420), Argentina (124,924), Germany (121,038), Ukraine (110,698) and Poland (109,205).
Singapore reports 18K new cases
Singapore reported 18,094 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 551,519. Of the new cases, 3,079 cases were detected. A total of 1,458 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 39 cases in intensive care units.
Among the PCR cases, 2,934 were local transmissions and 145 were imported cases. Among the ART cases with mild symptoms and assessed to be of low risk, there were 14,952 local transmissions and 63 imported cases, respectively.
Seven death was reported from Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the total death toll to 937, the ministry said.
(With inputs from IANS)
