COVID-19: South Korea, Italy, Japan, Australia report highest cases globally; check full list here

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 517.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.25 million and vaccinations to over 11.33 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 517,317,870 and 6,251,245, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered increased to 11,339,425,725.

Meanwhile, according to COVID-19 tracker Worldometer, there are several countries that are still reporting a huge amount of cases. South Korea, Italy, Japan and Australia have reported the maximum cases on Tuesday, May 8.

Check out the list below:

Italy - 30,804

South Korea - 40,064

France - 29,324

Australia - 35,289

Japan - 34,696

Germany - 7,361

United States - 14,008

Check the full list here.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 81,863,725 and 997,526, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,102,194.

The other countries with over 10 million cases are Brazil (30,564,536), France (29,148,458), Germany (25,295,950), the UK (22,292,118), Russia (17,961,837), South Korea (17,564,999), Italy (16,798,998), Turkey (15,043,379), Spain (11,953,481) and Vietnam (10,676,184).

The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (664,374), India (524,064), Russia (369,350), Mexico (324,334), Peru (212,933), the UK (176,860), Italy (164,489), Indonesia (156,381), France (147,761), Iran (141,177), Colombia (139,809), Germany (136,533), Argentina (128,729), Poland (116,138), Spain (104,668) and South Africa (100,523).

Published on: Monday, May 09, 2022, 06:36 PM IST