The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 3,718,401 with the global confirmed cases reaching 172,857,427 as of 10:00 am BJT on Sunday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-in COVID-19 vaccination station in Meerbusch, a town near Dusseldorf, Germany, June 5, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

Current status (data as of 10:00 am BJT, June 6):

Source: Johns Hopkins University

The outbreak has now claimed 597,377 lives in the US, the most of any country, with a total of 33,357,080 infections.

India has confirmed a total of 28,694,879 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 344,082.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 16,907,425 with 472,531 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

France has recorded 5,769,291 confirmed cases and 110,135 deaths.

Turkey has confirmed 5,282,594 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 48,068.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 121,365 lives in Russia, bringing the total number of infections to 5,058,221.

The UK'sconfirmedcases have increased to 4,527,577, with the number of deaths at 128,099, according to the JHU virus tracker.

A total of 4,230,153 people in Italy have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 126,472.

It is followed by Argentina with 80,867 deaths from 3,939,024 infections.

Germany has reported 3,706,934 COVID-19 cases and 89,203 deaths from the virus so far.