
On Friday, global COVID-19 deaths surpassed two million, with the current death toll standing at a shocking 2,005,054.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 23.8 million infections and 397,994 fatalities, although India trails behind with 10.5 million cases and 151,954 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 8.3 million cases and 207,160 deaths, Russia with 3.5 million cases and 64,495 deaths, and the United Kingdom with 3.2 million infections and 86,015 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 93.6 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 2 million fatalities across 218 countries and territories.