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World’s Covid-19 cases surpass 95 mil: Johns Hopkins University

Deaths from pandemic also breach two million mark

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 18 Jan 2021 1:20PM

World’s Covid-19 cases surpass 95 mil: Johns Hopkins University
The number of Covid-19 cases globally currently stands at 95,003,533, according to a tally from the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center. – Pixabay pic, January 18, 2021

MOSCOW – The number of coronavirus cases confirmed all over the world has surpassed 95 million, while the global Covid-19 death toll stands at over two million, according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center.

As of 03:45 GMT, there are 95,003,533 confirmed coronavirus cases in the world. 

The global death toll from Covid-19 stands at 2,029,938. 

The number of recoveries on the other hand from the virus globally now stands at 52,269,644, reported Sputnik news agency.

The United States, India and Brazil remain the top three countries in terms of the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases. Russia comes fourth.

The US has registered 23,928,643 Covid-19 cases and has the largest death toll from the pandemic with 397,500, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and Great Britain. – Bernama, 18 January, 2021

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