Global Coronavirus Cases Above 13.5 Million; Deaths Close To 6 Lakh: John Hopkins University

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 13.5 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 583,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Thursday (16 July) morning, the total number of cases stood at 13,070,097, while the fatalities rose to 583,359, the University's Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The United States (US) accounted for the world's highest number of infections and fatalities at 3,495,536 and 137,358, respectively, according to the CSSE.

Brazil came in the second place with 1,966,748 infections and 75,366 deaths.

In terms of cases, India ranks third (936,181), and is followed by Russia (745,197), Peru (337,751), Chile (317,657), Mexico (317,635), South Africa (311,049), the UK (293,469), Iran (264,561), Spain (257,494), Pakistan (255,769), Italy (243,506), Saudi Arabia (240,474), Turkey (215,940), France (210,568), Germany (200,890), Bangladesh (193,590), Colombia (159,898), Argentina (111,146), Canada (110,693) and Qatar (104,983), the CSSE figures showed.

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