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Global Covid-19 Tally Increases To 1.18 Crore, Death Toll Rises To Over 5.44 Lakh
Swarajya Staff
Jul 08, 2020, 04:14 PM | Updated 04:14 PM IST
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The total number of Covid-19 cases has surged to over 1.18 crore globally, while the deaths have surpassed 5.44 lakh mark, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Wednesday (8 July) evening, the total number of cases stood at 11,846,595 while the fatalities increased to 544,536, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
As many as 6,463,941 people have recovered from the disease globally, the CSSE data showed.
With 2,996,098 cases and 131,480 deaths, the US continues with the world's highest number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, according to the CSSE.
Brazil comes in the second place with 1,668,589 infections and 66,741 deaths.
In terms of cases, India ranks third (742,417), and was followed by Russia (699,749), Peru (309,278), Chile (301,019), the UK (287,880), Mexico (268,008), Spain (252,130), Iran (245,688), Italy (241,956), Pakistan (237,489), Saudi Arabia (217,108), South Africa (215,855), Turkey (207,897), France (205,597), Germany (198,407), Bangladesh (172,134), Colombia (120,281), Canada (108,023) and Qatar (100,945), the CSSE figures showed.
The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (44,476), Italy (34,899), Mexico (32,014), France (29,936), Spain (28,392), India (20,642), Iran (11,931), Peru (10,952) and Russia (10,650).
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