The cumulative number of COVID-19 positive cases worldwide now exceeds the figure of 41.59 million. This is due to more than hundreds of new infections being recorded within 24 hours.
According to the latest Johns Hopkins University data, it shows that the United States remains the worst affected country with 8.4 million cases.
This was followed by India with 7.7 million cases, while Brazil recorded over 5.29 million cases. The number of infections in Russia, France, Argentina, and Spain has exceeded 1 million cases.
Countries that exceed half a million are Colombia, Peru, Mexico, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Iran. Countries in the range of 300,000 to 500,000 cases of COVID-19 infection are Chile, Italy, Iraq, Germany, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Pakistan, and Israel.
Other countries that exceed 100,000 to 300,000 are the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechia, Poland, Canada, Romania, Morocco, Ecuador, Nepal, Bolivia, Qatar, Panama, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Sweden, Egypt, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.
Source: Johns Hopkins University