Hyderabad: The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 8,55,20,216 and killed over 18,50,941 people across the world. More than 6,04,86,965 people have recovered so far.
The US is the worst-hit nation with cases more than 2,11,13,528 and fatalities over 3,60,078.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases, nearly 300,000 in the past 24 hours, are exaggerated due to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) method of counting.
"The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far exaggerated in the United States because of @CDCgov (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)'s ridiculous method of determination compared to other countries, many of whom report, purposely, very inaccurately and low," Trump wrote in a tweet. The outgoing president added, "'When in doubt, call it Covid.' Fake News!"
The U.S. ramped up COVID-19 vaccinations in the past few days after a slower-than-expected start, bringing the number of shots dispensed to about 4 million, government health officials said Sunday.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, also said on ABC’s “This Week” that President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to administer 100 million shots of the vaccine within his first 100 days in office is achievable.
And he rejected President Donald Trump’s false claim on Twitter that coronavirus deaths and cases in the U.S. have been greatly exaggerated.
The United Kingdom registered 54,990 COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, a drop from 57,725 the day before, according to government figures. This takes the total number of registered cases in the country to 2,654,779. At the same time, an additional 454 fatalities, up from 445 on Saturday, put the overall death toll at 75,024.
