Volunteers wearing protective suits carry the coffin containing a body of a Covid-19 coronavirus victim for burial at the Raudhatul Sakinah Muslim cemetery in Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 3,813,008 with the global confirmed cases reaching 176,296,572 as of 6:30 pm BJT on Tuesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Source: Johns Hopkins University

Current status (data as of 6:30 pm BJT, June 15):

The European Union has administered more than 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Tuesday on Twitter.

Uganda is running short of medical oxygen as the east African country grapples with the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, an official has said.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said that 3 million people in the Southeast Asian nation have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far.

Malaysia has conditionally approved emergency use of the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company CanSino Biologics, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.

Thailand's COVID-19 caseload topped 200,000 with 3,000 new cases reported Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a new surge of infections.