A man sanitises the gates of a Ganesh temple in Mumbai on November 15, 2020, as places of worships in Maharashtra state are preparing to reopen after more than eight months of shutdown due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: AFP)

The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 1,315,897 with the global confirmed cases reaching 54,299,446 as of 10 am BJT on Monday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Current status (data as of 10 am BJT, November 16):

The outbreak has now claimed 246,108 lives in the US, the most of any country, with a total of 11,025,046 infections, according to a tally by the 1Point3Acres virus tracker.

India has confirmed a total of 8,814,579 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 129,635.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 5,848,959 with 165,658 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

France has recorded 1,915,713 confirmed cases and 42,601 deaths.

Russia has confirmed 1,910,149 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 32,885.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 40,769 lives in Spain, bringing the total number of infections to 1,458,591.

The UK has reported 1,372,884 COVID-19 cases and 52,026 deaths from the virus so far.

A total of 1,310,491 people in Argentina have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 35,436.

Colombia's confirmed cases have increased to 1,198,746, with the number of deaths at 34,031, according to the JHU virus tracker.

It is followed by Italy with 45,229 deaths from 1,178,529 infections.