Covid-19: Global deaths surpass 3 million

Washington: According to the Johns Hopkins university, the overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 140.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3 million. The US is the worst-hit country with the worlds highest number of cases and deaths at 31,627,701 and 566,893, respectively, according to the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE). In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 14,526,609 cases. The other countries with more than two million confirmed coronavirus cases are Brazil (13,900,091), France (5,321,176), Russia (4,640,537), the UK (4,401,176), Turkey (4,212,645), Italy (3,857,443), Spain (3,407,283), Germany (3,139,683), Argentina (2,677,747), Poland (2,675,874), Colombia (2,636,076), Mexico (2,299,939) and Iran (2,215,445), the CSSE figures showed.