People wearing protective face masks, walk past a closed restaurant due to the restrictive measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, in a street of Paris, on November 23, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 1,410,190 with the global confirmed cases reaching 59,814,726 as of 5:30 pm BJT on Wednesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Sources: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies.

Current status (data as of 5:30 pm BJT, Nov 25):

The outbreak has now claimed the lives of at least 259,962 people in the US, the most of any country. The US also leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 12,597,330, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 5:30 pm BJT on Tuesday.

India has confirmed a total of 9,222,216 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 134,699.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 6,118,708 with 170,115 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

France has recorded 2,206,126 confirmed cases and 50,324 deaths.

Russia has confirmed 2,144,229 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 37,173.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 43,668 lives in Spain, bringing the total number of infections to 1,594,844.

The UK has reported 1,542,611 COVID-19 cases and 55,935 deaths from the virus so far.

It is followed by Italy with 51,306 deaths from 1,455,022 infections.

A total of 1,381,795 people in Argentina have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 37,432.

Colombia's confirmed cases have increased to 1,262,494, with the number of deaths at 35,677, according to the JHU virus tracker.