Globally, as of 6:30 pm BJT on Thursday, there have been 9,277,214 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 478,691 deaths, reported the World Health Organization.

Olinda Silvano from the Shipibo Conibo ethnic group, talks to a member of an NGO dressed in protective gear against the new coronavirus, during the celebration of the feast of Saint John the Baptist, the patron saint of the Peruvian Amazon, in the Cantagallo neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (Photo: AP)

Current status (data as of 6:30 pm BJT, June 25):

Sources: Xinhua, Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies.

The outbreak has now claimed 123,902 lives in the US, the most of any country, with a total of 2,434,250 infections, according to a tally by the 1Point3Acres virus tracker as of 6:30 pm BJT on Thursday.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 1,188,631 with 53,830 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

Russia has confirmed 613,148 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 8,594.

India has confirmed a total of 473,105 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 14,894.

The UK's confirmed cases have increased to 308,337, with the number of deaths at 43,165, according to the JHU virus tracker.

Peru has reported 264,689 COVID-19 cases and 8,586 deaths from the virus so far.

A total of 254,416 people in Chile have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 4,731.

Spain has recorded 247,086 confirmed cases and 28,327 deaths.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 34,644 lives in Italy, bringing the total number of infections to 239,410.

It is followed by Iran with 9,996 deaths from 212,501 infections.