The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 3,907,269 with the global confirmed cases reaching 180,335,821 as of 10:00 am BJT on Saturday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Municipal employees wearing protective suits disinfect a railway station in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)
Current status (data as of 10:00 am BJT, June 26):
Source: Johns Hopkins University
The outbreak has now claimed 603,528 lives in the US, the most of any country, with a total of 33,603,078 infections.
India has confirmed a total of 30,134,445 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 393,310.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 18,322,760 with 511,142 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.
France has recorded 5,828,266 confirmed cases and 111,101 deaths.
Turkey has confirmed 5,398,878 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 49,473.
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 129,869 lives in Russia, bringing the total number of infections to 5,346,005.
The UK's confirmed cases have increased to 4,715,996, with the number of deaths at 128,330, according to the JHU virus tracker.
It is followed by Argentina with 91,979 deaths from 4,374,587 infections.
A total of 4,256,451 people in Italy have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 127,418.
Colombia has reported 4,092,746 COVID-19 cases and 103,321 deaths from the virus so far.