Global COVID-19 Cases Top 95 Million Mark

As Covid-19 outbreaks spread around the globe, more than 95 million people have been infected with the virus before Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The total number of cases reached 95,003,533 and 2,029,938 deaths as of today.    

JHU data also indicate that the virus is on the rise in several areas and regions in 191 countries.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States soared to 23,928,643 as of Monday, while the death toll increased to 397,532.

In the background of the mass vaccination campaign, the US reported 22,385,975 cases with 374,072 fatalities as of Monday morning.

Brazil, which remains the second worst-hit country in a number of deaths, has so far registered almost 8.5 million COVID-19 cases, and nearly 209,847 deaths.

Brazil will begin mass vaccination against COVID-19 on Wednesday, its Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.

The Brazilian government will begin administering vaccines throughout the country from early Monday morning, Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello told a press conference.

The decision came after Brazil's Health Regulatory Agency unanimously approved on Sunday the emergency use of the CoronaVac vaccine, from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac, as well as the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford

India, the second worst-hit country in the number of cases recorded 10,557,985 cases and the death toll rose to 152,274.

Source: UNB