Global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 282,000

The global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 282,000, according to a database compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The total number of cases is currently over 4,102,849, while the number of recoveries is at 1,411,619.

Russia has registered 11,656 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (11,012 yesterday), with the total count now reaching 221,344, the national coronavirus response center said on Monday.

“Over the past 24 hours, 11,656 COVID-19 cases have been registered in 84 regions. Of these, 5,417 (or 46.5 percent) have been detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms,” the center said in a statement.

This brings the total tally to 221,344 in 85 regions across Russia.

Of all the new cases, 6,169 have been registered in Moscow, 1,079 in Moscow region and 307 in St. Petersburg .The country’s COVID-19 death toll has increased by 94 (88 yesterday) to 2,009.

As many as 5,495 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the past 24 hours (2,390 yesterday) in Russia, bringing the total number of cured people to 39,801.

 The United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy have the highest numbers of deaths among countries, with 78,528, 31,930, and 30,560, respectively.

Spain has recorded 123 new COVID-19 fatalities over the past 24 hours (143 yesterday), which is the lowest daily increasing since 18 March (when 107 fatalities were registered), the Health Ministry said on Monday. Spain’s COVID-19 death toll has now reached 26,744.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Belgium has risen by 368 to 53,449 over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry

The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Poland has increased to 16,206 with 210 of them being recorded over the past 24 hours.

Source: Sputnik

Nada Haj Khidr