The number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 67 million, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
According to the data compiled by JHU, the total caseload globally reached 67,009,962 while the death toll climbed to 1,535,107 as of Monday morning.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths with 14,750,316 and 282,236 , respectively, according to the JHU.
Daily infections in the country set a new record high of nearly 228,000 cases on Friday, according to AP.
New cases per day have rocketed to an all-time high of more than 190,000 on average.
Deaths per day have surged to an average of more than 2,160, a level last seen during the dark days in April, when the outbreak was centered around New York. The number of Americans in the hospital with the coronavirus topped 100,000 for the first time over the past few days.
India comes in second place in terms of cases at 9,644,222, while the country’s death toll soared to 140,182.
In Brazil, the country’s total caseload reached at 6,603,540 while some 176,941 people have died so far.
Countries with more than a million confirmed cases are Russia with 2,439,163, France with 2,345,648, UK with 1,727,151, Italy with 1,728,178 and Spain with 1,684,647, the JHU data showed.UNB
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