Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 210.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.41 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.86 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 210,783,833, 4,413,673 and 4,867,003,253, respectively.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 37,611,752 and 627,833, respectively, according to the CSSE.
In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 32,358,829 cases. The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (20,528,099), Russia (6,613,107), France (6,660,315), the UK (6,459,643), Turkey (6,177,660), Argentina (5,124,963), Colombia (4,883,932), Spain (4,770,453), Italy (4,471,225), Iran (4,616,516), Indonesia (3,950,304), Germany (3,863,495) and Mexico (3,175,211), the CSSE figures showed.
In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 573,511 fatalities. Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (433,589), Mexico (251,319), Peru (197,716), Russia (171,480), the UK (131,805), Italy (128,683), Colombia (124,023), Indonesia (123,981), France (113,472), Argentina (110,070) and Iran (100,810).
Meanwhile, Covid-19 hospitalisation rates for children in the US hit its highest levels ever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday.
As for adults, every age group under 50 has also surpassed its previous record of hospitalisation, said a media report, adding that “the biggest increase was in adults ages 30 to 39 and children under 18, both of which were more than 30 per cent higher than their previous peak”, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The current rate of hospitalization for all ages is still below the figure in January, but considering more than 11,000 new hospital admissions have been recorded over the past week, the US might reach a new record high within a month, according to the CDC.