New Delhi (NVI): More than 35.3 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and over 1,042,600 have died from the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
At least 24.5 million patients have been cured and recovered worldwide.
In the US, the total number of cases stand around 7.45 million while more than 2,10,155 people have lost their lives due to the deadly virus.
Brazil, remains number one COVID-19 affected country in Latin America, recorded 11,946 cases within 24-hours and surpassed 4.92 million. The country’s death toll stands at 1,46,352.
With the fourth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the global pandemic, Russia reported 10,376 new cases on Tuesday and surpassed 1.2 million mark.
Canada also reported highest single-day rise of 2,206 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, pushing the total case count to 168,784. The death toll due to pandemic stands at 9,504 in the country.
The Chinese mainland recorded 12 new cases, all from overseas, taking the total caseload to 85,482. The death toll stands at 4,746, including 105 fatalities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and seven in the Taiwan region.
Meanwhile, the Solomon Islands has recorded its first COVID-19 case, leaving just nine countries worldwide free of the virus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that about 10 percent of the global population may have been infected by the novel coronavirus and the vast majority of the world remains at risk.
-RJV
