New Delhi (NVI): More than 11.4 million people around the world have been diagnosed with coronavirus while 5,33,781 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University tally.
In the US, the total number of cases have surpassed 2.8 million while the death toll is nearing 1,30,000 due to the deadly contagion in the country.
Meanwhile, officials in Texas are warning that hospitals in the United States state could soon be overwhelmed if coronavirus cases continue to surge.
Brazil, second only to the US in Covid-19 cases and deaths, has surpassed 1.5 million coronavirus cases.
Mexico now has 30,639 deaths, the fifth highest in the world, overtaking France. While the total number of cases in the country has exceeded 2,55,000.
Peru has jumped past 3,00,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, the fifth-highest in the world. The country’s death toll from the virus now stands at 10,589, the 10th-highest in the world.
About 3,000 people were suddenly put under a hard lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, after a spike in cases led to fears of a second wave.
In Iran, a record 163 people have died in the past 24 hours, higher than any daily figure in the country over the course of the pandemic so far.
-CHK
