
On Thursday, Albania reported 421 new COVID-19 infections and seven additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, Albania has reported 22,721 COVID-19 cases and 543 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 9.8 million infections and 239,947 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 8.3 million cases and 124,673 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.5 million cases and 161,170 deaths, Russia with 1.7 million cases and 29,509 deaths, and France with 1.5 million cases and 38,674 coronavirus related deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 48 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 216 countries and territories.