Global COVID-19 tracker

The total coronavirus cases across the world are more than 6,85,68,678 and the virus has killed over 15,63,132 people so far.

Hyderabad: The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 6,85,68,678 and killed over 15,63,132 people across the world. More than 4,74,62,801 people have recovered so far.

The US is the worst-hit nation with cases more than 1,55,91,709 and fatalities over 2,93,398.

Global COVID-19 tracker

Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record, with the crisis all but certain to get worse because of the fallout from Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.

South Korea will roll out its vaccination campaign against coronavirus after sufficiently monitoring the results of the vaccines' use in other countries, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Wednesday.

Moldovan Prime Minister Ion Chicu has contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but will continue to fulfil his duties remotely, the cabinet said in a statement.

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