People line up outside Bridge Park Community Leisure Center to receive the COVID-19 vaccines in Brent, northwest London, Britain, June 19, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)
The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 3,880,133 with the global confirmed cases reaching 179,089,448 as of 9:30 am BJT on Wednesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Current status (data as of 9:30 am BJT, June 23):
Source: Johns Hopkins University
The outbreak has now claimed 602,447 lives in the US, the most of any country, with a total of 33,564,175 infections.
India has confirmed a total of 29,977,861 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 389,302.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 18,054,653 with 504,717 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.
France has recorded 5,821,788 confirmed cases and 110,991 deaths.
Turkey has confirmed 5,381,736 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 49,293.
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 128,180 lives in Russia, bringing the total number of infections to 5,288,766.
The UK's confirmed cases have increased to 4,668,019, with the number of deaths at 128,272, according to the JHU virus tracker.
A total of 4,298,782 people in Argentina have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 90,281.
Italy has reported 4,254,294 COVID-19 cases and 127,322 deaths from the virus so far.
It is followed by Colombia with 101,302 deaths from 3,997,021 infections.