NEW YORK – Global Covid-19 cases surpassed 50 million yesterday, reported the Xinhua news agency, citing data from the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The worldwide case count reached 50,052,204 with a total of 1,253,110 deaths as at 1624 GMT.
The US reported the most cases and deaths, at 9,879,323 and 237,192, respectively.
India is at No. 2 with 8,507,754 cases, while Brazil is third with 5,653,561 cases and 162,269 fatalities, the second-highest death toll.
Countries with more than 1.1 million infections include Russia, France, Spain, Argentina, Britain and Colombia, while those with more than 40,000 deaths include India, Mexico, Britain, Italy and France.
Global cases topped 30 million on September 17 and rose to 40 million on October 19. – Bernama, November 9, 2020
