A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination at a housing area in Surabaya on June 24, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 3,898,388 with the global confirmed cases reaching 179,924,570 as of 10:00 am BJT on Friday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Current status (data as of 10:00 am BJT, June 25):

Sources: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies.

The outbreak has now claimed 603,149 lives in the US, the most of any country, with a total of 33,590,360 infections.

India has confirmed a total of 30,082,778 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 391,981.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 18,243,483 with 509,141 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

France has recorded 5,826,134 confirmed cases and 111,068 deaths.

Turkey has confirmed 5,393,248 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 49,417.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 129,278 lives in Russia, bringing the total number of infections to 5,325,940.

The UK's confirmed cases have increased to 4,700,691, with the number of deaths at 128,312, according to the JHU virus tracker.

It is followed by Argentina with 91,438 deaths from 4,350,564 infections.

A total of 4,255,665 people in Italy have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 127,365.

Colombia has reported 4,060,013 COVID-19 cases and 102,636 deaths from the virus so far.