Online Desk :
The global Covid-19 caseload is now nearing the grim milestone of 201 million, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to devastate several countries even with mass inoculations underway.
The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 200,792,438 and 4,265,792, respectively, as of Friday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 4,305,633,910 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe, as per the university data.
The US has logged 35,432,333 cases and 615,309 deaths to date, according to the university data. The death toll in the United States is the highest in the world.
India recorded the world’s second highest caseload of 31,855,783, followed by Brazil with 20,066,587 cases as well as the world’s second largest death toll of 560,801.
Besides, India’s death toll reached 426,785 on Thursday morning.
Countries with more than four million cases include Russia, France, Britain, Turkey, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Italy and Iran, while those with over 100,000 deaths include India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Britain, Italy, Colombia and France.
The global caseload reached the grim milestone of 100 million on January 26, and doubled in more than half a year this Thursday.
