Washington, Oct 28 (UNI) The number of global novel Coronavirus cases has increased to over 43.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,166,190, the Johns Hopkins University said.
The total number of cases stood at 43,907,193, while the death toll surged to 1,166,193, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
The US is the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 8,777,038 and 226,691, respectively, according to the CSSE.
India comes in second place in terms of cases at 7,946,429, while the country's death toll soared to 119,502.
The other countries with the cases are Brazil (5,439,641), Russia (1,537,142), France (1,244,242), Spain (1,116,738), Argentina (1,116,609) the CSSE figures showed.
Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 157,946.
The countries with a death toll above 30,000 are Mexico (89,814), UK (45,455), Italy (37,700) and France (35,582).
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