World COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 613k

By Staff, Agencies

The number of infections with the novel coronavirus is approaching 14.86 million worldwide with COVID-19 deaths passing 613,300 and recoveries over 8.9 million, according to Worldometer figures.

Latest detailed figures showed on Tuesday morning that 14,859,299 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths reaching 613,353 and recoveries amounting to 8,911,316.

With 3,961,429 cases and 143,834 deaths, the US continues with the world's highest number of coronavirus infections and fatalities, according to the data.

Brazil comes in second place with 2,121,645 infections and 80,251 deaths.

In terms of cases, India ranks third [1,156,189], followed by Russia [777,486], South Africa [373,628], Peru [357,681], Mexico [349,396], Chile [333,029], Spain [311,916], the UK [295,372], and Iran [276,202], the figures showed.