As many as 91.4 million (91,416,170) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,955,799 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 65,431,303 cases of global recoveries. Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with over 91 million confirmed cases in 218 countries and more than 1.95 million deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again. The US recorded Sunday 213,905 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as the confirmed cases nation-wide crossed 22 million. It also recorded 1,814 virus-related deaths according to Johns Hopkins University. The tally showed that the confirmed cases nationwide reached 22,406,747 and at least 374,322 deaths across US, with the country remaining the world's worst hit by the pandemic. Furthermore there were a record 129,229 people currently hospitalized for coronavirus in the US, according to COVID Tracking Project. The US ranks first globally in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths. India and Brazil have the second and third highest case tallies, recording some 10.4 and 8 million cases respectively. Infections have been reported in more than 218 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. Daily cases have now fallen in many European countries after steep rises in October. Lockdowns and other restrictions were reintroduced in some of the worst-affected regions to help bring numbers down. In London, Britain said that the death toll from coronavirus has risen by 529 to 81,960, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Monday. As many as 46,169 more lab-confirmed cases raised the country's overall count to more than three million, total of 3,118,000 cases, according to the department's daily update. In Moscow, Russia reported 22,934 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 5,001 in Moscow, taking the national tally - the world's fourth highest - to 3,448,203, Reuters reported. Authorities said 531 people had died from the virus in the last 24 hours, pushing Russia's official death toll to 62,804. Russia has extended a ban on flights to and from Britain until the end of Feb. 1 due to the new coronavirus variant detected in the UK, Russia's coronavirus taskforce said on Tuesday. Russia, which has already reported a case of the more infectious coronavirus variant, has had the flight ban in place since Dec. 22. In Berlin, German health authorities reported on Monday 343 deaths and 12,802 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said the country's death toll increased by 891 to 41,577 cases and the total confirmed cases those to 1,933,826. Germany responded to the second wave of the deadly pandemic by shutting hospitality businesses as well as leisure and sports facilities. Schools and non-essential shops have, however, remained open. In Paris, the French Health Ministry reported 3,582 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Monday. France's cumulative total of cases now stands at 2,786,838. The COVID-19 death toll was up by 310 at 68,060. France announced on Friday its approval of the use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and to include it in its vaccine program. In Rome, Italy reported 448 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, up from 361 the day before, the Health Ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 12,532 from 18,627. However, the number of swab tests also fell, as often happens over the weekend, amounting to just 91,656 against a previous 139,758, according to Reuters. Italy has registered 79,203 COVID-19 deaths since its outbreak came to light on Feb. 21, the second-highest toll in Europe and the sixth-highest in the world. The country has also reported 2.289 million cases to date, the ministry said. Patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 23,603 on Monday, up 176 from a day earlier. In Brussels, total infections of coronavirus cases in Belgium on Tuesday increased to 665,223 with 960 new infections reported by Belgian health authorities. They reported 44 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours raising the total death toll to 20,122. In Madrid, the Spanish Health Ministry on Monday reported new 401 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 61,422 more infections in the last 24 hours. The caseload has now surged to 2,100,000 and the death toll to 52,275 since the outbreak of the pandemic. In Amsterdam, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Monday reported that 5.499 new coronavirus cases were reported in the Netherlands raising the total number of infections to 878,471. Also around 50 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours raising the total deaths from COVID-19 to 12,418, said the institute. In Vienna, Austrian authorities announced Monday that they recorded 1,536 new coronavirus cases raising the total number of confirmed infections to 382,258. More than 355,000 cases have recovered since the start of the pandemic, while deaths have reached 6,747, said the country's Health Ministry. In New Delhi, India said on Tuesday that 167 people died due to COVID-19 while 12,584 new cases of the coronavirus were registered in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that fatalities due to COVID-19 rose to 151,327 as the total number of positive cases mounted to 10,479,179. According to the ministry, 10,111,294 people recuperated from the pandemic as it spread to 35 states. India has the world's second-highest caseload, but daily infections have dipped steadily since hitting a peak in September. In Tokyo, Japan reported on Tuesday 4,385 daily cases of novel coronavirus, raising the nation's total number 295,095, the Health Ministry and local authorities said. The country's cumulative death toll rose by 33 and stood at 4,118. Tokyo added 970 new infections, which brought the total cases in the Japanese capital to 77,133. In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus variants, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures. It had suspended new entries of non-resident foreign nationals from around the world to Japan through Jan. 31. In Seoul, South Korea reported 537 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, Yonhap reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total caseload at 69,651, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Twenty-five people died in the past 24 hours raising the death toll to 1,165. Of the newly identified local infections, 163 cases were reported in Seoul and 163 cases in Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital. The government extended the current level 2.5 distancing measures in the capital area and Level 2 restrictions in the rest of the country until Jan. 17. South Korea is grappling to contain yet another wave of virus infections with the toughest social distancing rules banning gatherings of five or more people. In Jakarta, Indonesia reported a daily record 302 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, data from its COVID-19 task force showed, bringing total fatalities to 24,645, according to Reuters. On Tuesday, the Southeast Asian nation also reported 10,047 new infections, its second highest daily number, taking the total to 846,765 cases confirmed so far. In Latin America, Brazil has more than eight million confirmed cases and the world's second highest death toll. The country is currently seeing a second surge in infections. Brazil ranks third in terms of infection numbers globally, behind the United States and India. On fatalities, Brazil ranks second behind the US. Argentina, Colombia and Mexico have also recorded more than one million cases and all three countries are still seeing very high numbers of daily confirmed cases. Peru is also approaching the milestone of one million cases, although daily cases are falling. The country has one of the highest deaths rates in the world. Africa has recorded more than three million cases, but the true extent of the pandemic there is not known as testing rates are low. Concern is growing about a South African variant of the disease, which is thought to share some similarities with the new UK strain, including being more easily transmissible. South Africa, with more than 1.2 million cases and more than 30,000 deaths, is the worst affected country on the continent. Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Nigeria are the other African countries to officially record more than 100,000 cases. Kenya is the only other country with close to 100,000 cases. In Cairo, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population said on Monday that 961 more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 52 patients died over the past 24 hours. The figures took the country's tally to 150,753 infections and 8,249 deaths the ministry said. Another 312 patients have been discharged from the hospitals, bringing the overall recoveries to 119,212. In Rabat, Morocco on Monday said confirmed coronavirus cases had risen by 456 over the past 24 hours, while 24 more people succumbed to the disease to up the country's death toll to 7,767. The North African nation's caseload has reached 452,988 since the contagion came to light, according to the Health Ministry's data, 1,110 infected people have recovered which showed the tally of people who have recovered from the virus till date as 426,006. In Tunis, Tunisia's Ministry of Health on Monday announced 69 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 3,074 more infections in 24 hours. The tally of confirmed deaths and infections rose to 5,284 and 162,350 respectively since the outbreak of the virus. Meanwhile, Mauritania's Ministry of Health said Monday that 99 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the country's caseload to 15,611. Three more fatalities in the last 24 hours pushed the death toll from the viral illness to 387. The report said, 204 patients have been discharged from hospitals, raising the overall recoveries to 13,639 cases. — Agencies
