Globally, as of 7 pm BJT on Monday, there have been 28,871,176 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 921,801 deaths, reported the World Health Organization.

Masked elementary students wait in spaces designated by red barricade tape to be called to class, at the San Biagio primary school in Codogno, Italy, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (Photo: AP)

Current status (data as of 7 pm BJT, September 14):

Sources: Xinhua, Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies.

The outbreak has now claimed 197,660 lives in the US, the most of any country, with a total of 6,652,512 infections, according to a tally by the 1Point3Acres virus tracker as of 7 pm BJT on Monday.

India has confirmed a total of 4,846,427 COVID-19 cases, raising the number of deaths to 79,722.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have increased to 4,330,455 with 131,625 deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

Russia has confirmed 1,064,438 cases of COVID-19, with the number of deaths at 18,573.

Peru has reported 729,619 COVID-19 cases and 30,710 deaths from the virus so far.

Colombia's confirmed cases have increased to 716,319, with the number of deaths at 22,924, according to the JHU virus tracker.

It is followed by Mexico with 70,821 deaths from 668,381 infections.

South Africa has recorded 649,793 confirmed cases and 15,447 deaths.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 29,747 lives in Spain, bringing the total number of infections to 566,326.

A total of 555,537 people in Argentina have tested positive for COVID-19, with the death toll at 11,352.