Global Covid-19 cases top 22.8mn: Johns Hopkins

Washington(WA), August 22 : The total no. of global COVID-19 instances has topped 22.eight mln, awhile the demises have rised to over 797,000, as per the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Sat. in the morning, the overall no. of instances stood in 22,864,873 & the fatalities rose to 797,787, the University’s Centre for Systems Science & Engineering(engr.) (CSSE) disclosed in its latest update.

The US accounted for the globe’s largest no. of instances & demises in 5,621,035 & 175,350, respectively, as per the CSSE.

Brazil had come within the 2nd place with 3,532,330 infections & 113,358 demises.

In terms of instances, India(In) ranks 3rd (2,905,825), & is succeeded by Russia (944,671), South Africa (603,338), Peru (567,059), Mexico (549,734), Colombia (513,719), Chile (393,769), Spain (386,054), Iran (354,764), Argentina (329,043), the UK (325,241), Saudi (305,186), Pakistan(PAK) (291,588), Bangladesh (290,360), France (271,960), Italy (257,065), Turkey (255,723), Germany (233,029), Iraq (197,085), Philippines (182,365), Indonesia (149,408), Canada (126,319), Qatar (116,481), Ecuador (106,481), Bolivia (106,065), Kazakhstan (104,071), Ukraine (102,948) & Israel (100,716), the CSSE figures demonstrated.

The different nations with over 10,000 demises are the Mexico (59,610), India(In) (54,849), UK (41,491), Italy (35,427), France (30,508), Spain (28,838), Peru (27,034), Iran (20,376), Russia (16,148), Colombia (16,183), South Africa (12,843) & Chile (10,723).