Global coronavirus caseload cross 50 million mark; 70% recovers

New Delhi: The global count of coronavirus cases is now over 50 million, of which over 13.45 million cases are active. The number of confirmed virus-related deaths reached 1,251,118, according to the data provided by Johns Hopkins University.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. The highest number of cases so far have been registered in the United States, India and Brazil. Meanwhile, the United States on Saturday recorded the world’s highest COVID-19 cases with 9,861,881 cases reported so far.

India recorded a drop of 3,967 active cases on November 7, the lowest drop in active cases in the last 34 days since October 6. India had been witnessing a daily drop in its active cases tally since October 4.

The US is the worst-hit country across the globe with over 10 million reported cases. The country has been facing a fresh surge in new cases. The country has been adding over 100,000 cases each in the last three days. The US added 130,632 new cases on November 8, its highest single-day spike surpassing the previous high set just a day before.

The global reported cases tally has been witnessing a daily spike of over 500,000 in the last four days leading to the total cases count crossing 50 million-mark. Out of the total reported cases, over 70 per cent cases or 35.5 million cases have already recovered.