The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 1,924,086 with the global confirmed cases reaching 89,523,280 as of 9 am BJT on Sunday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Current status (data as of 9:00 am BJT, January 10):
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 22 million on Saturday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain surpassed 80,000 on Saturday with another 1,035 reported in the country. The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test now stands at 80,868, according to the latest official figures.
France on Saturday reported 20,177 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its accumulative tally to 2,767,312, according to the country's health authorities.
Turkey reported on Saturday 9,537 COVID-19 cases, including 1,103 symptomatic patients, as the total number of positive cases in the country reached 2,317,118, its health ministry announced.
Canada's COVID-19 cases surpassed 650,000 as of Saturday afternoon, with the total hitting 650,922, including 16,788 deaths, according to CTV. Canada's national-level data on Jan. 1 to 7 indicated a daily average of 7,672 new cases, and many areas continued to experience high infection rates, said the Public Health Agency of Canada on Saturday.