The death toll from Covid -19 pandemic stood at 441,439 while the number of confirmed cases has gone up to 8,152, 885 as of Wednesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University. According to JHU data, Brazil and Russia have come up to the second and the third positions after the US with 923, 189 and 544,725 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Wednesday.
Meanwhile, South Asian country India has come up to the fourth position after Russia with 343,091 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has so far reported 9,900 deaths.
On the other hand, Brazil counted the second highest deaths after the US as it reported 45,241 deaths from the virus till the date.
Among the countries, the US has been the worst-hit with the highest recorded deaths of 116,917 patients and about 2,136,043 confirmed cases.
In the US, New York State alone counted 30,909 deaths till the date.
The UK has the third-highest death toll at 42,054, followed by Italy with 34,405, France 29,550 and Spain 27,136, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11. – UNB
