Grim Milestone: Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 500,000 [Video]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• With the U.S. comprising more than fourth of the world’s total COVID-18 deaths, number of casualties worldwide has reached more than 500,000.
• Analysis from Johns Hopkins University also showed that the U.S is leading in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases all over the world.
• Brazil and Russia were among the second and third behind the U.S in the total number of infected people.  

On Sunday, the death count related to coronavirus worldwide went over 500,000, with over 25% of all casualties recorded in the United States, Johns Hopkins University said on their latest study.

The new grim record-high was following the latest addition from Russia, and India, which reached thousands of recent coronavirus cases. The U.S  faced upsurge of new infections in many states, bringing the worldwide stats to more than 10 million.

The university further noted that the U.S. remained on the top in both numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths, with 2.5 million infected and over 125,000 mortalities.

The state of New York holds the record in the highest number of deaths in the U.S., exceeding 31,000. Next to New York were New Jersey recording over 14,000,  Massachusetts with no less than 8,000, Illinois at 6,800, and Pennsylvania at the latest with more than 6,600.

On Saturday, several states such as Florida, Arizona and Texas faced a spike high in a single-day record for cases, with Florida getting almost a quarter of the total infections reported in the U.S.

Brazil, on the other hand, is still challenged with the rise of COVID-19 infections with 1.3 million cases and deaths listed at more than 57,000. The latest statistics bring the country only behind the U.S. in both categories.

The coronavirus death toll in other countries are not looking good as well, with the United Kingdom reaching 43,500,  Italy at least by 34,700, and France at 29,700.

At one point, Italy was the epicenter of the pandemic in Europe, and on Saturday, it recorded the first lowest number of daily COVID-19 deaths in almost four months at 8.

In India, over 16,000 virus-related deaths were recorded with at least 19,900 cases listed only by Sunday, making the total reach more than 528,800 infections. Health officials in India also reported a recovery exceeding 309,700 people.

On Sunday also, Russia stretched up to over 6,700 new COVID-19 cases, that brings the country now to almost 634,000 people infected. The latest toll brings Russia to be third in the global ranking behind Brazil and the U.S

Russia also reported a total number of deaths at 9,000.

China, meanwhile, said the country has no new casualties on Sunday, closing at over 4,600 deaths out of more than 84,700 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Experts worldwide have cast doubt on the accuracy of figures, saying it may not reflect the actual number due to inadequate testing capabilities. Health authorities also repeatedly questioned the methods of reporting in several countries, China included.

Source: Fox News