NEW YORK – Global Covid-19 cases surpassed 70 million yesterday, reported the Xinhua news agency, quoting the US’ Johns Hopkins University.
The worldwide case count hit 70,025,535, with a total of 1,590,323 deaths, as at 2128 GMT.
The US reported the most infections and deaths, at 15,758,661 and 293,785, respectively.
India recorded 9,796,769 cases, ranking second in the world.
Brazil followed India with 6.8 million infections and 180,437 fatalities, the world’s second-highest death toll.
Countries with more than 1.8 million cases include Russia, France, Britain and Italy, while those with over 50,000 deaths include India, Mexico, Britain, Italy, France and Iran.
Global cases hit 50 million on November 8 and topped 60 million on November 25. It took 17 days for the worldwide caseload to jump from 50 million to 60 million, and 16 days from 60 million to 70 million.
The US remains the worst-hit nation, accounting for more than 18% of coronavirus infections around the world. – Bernama, December 12, 2020
