As many as 104 million (104,030,451) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,250,222 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 75,867,865 cases of global recoveries. Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with over 100 million confirmed cases in 218 countries and more than 2.25 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 has recorded about 26 million cases and more than 441,000 deaths, the highest figures in the world. Daily cases were at record levels in early January but they are now falling. Canada, which has a far lower death rate than the US, also experienced a winter surge but daily cases are also falling there now. The US recorded Monday 110,470 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as the confirmed cases nation-wide crossed 26 million. It also recorded 1,789 virus-related deaths according to Johns Hopkins University. The tally showed that the confirmed cases nationwide reached 26,185,355 and at least 441,319 deaths across US, with the country remaining the world's worst hit by the pandemic. Furthermore there were a record 95,013 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. This comes as January was the "deadliest month of the pandemic in the US, with more than 95,00 COVID-19 fatalities reported," CNN reported. India and Brazil have the second and third highest case tallies, recording some 10.7 and 9.2 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 406 to 106,564, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Monday. As many as 18,607 more lab-confirmed cases raised the country's overall count to 3,835,000, according to the department's daily update. Recently, the British government declared that flights to and from Latin America's countries and Portugal are banned because of fears of the spread of new mutated strains of the coronavirus that appeared in Brazil. The ban suspends flights to and from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Banana, Paraguay, Peru and others. As of next Monday, all passengers to Britain must have a document valid up to 72 hours free of coronavirus. In Moscow, Russia reported 16,643 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 3,884,730 after it crossed the 3.8 million mark. Russia's coronavirus crisis center said 539 coronavirus patients had died in the last 24 hours and the overall national coronavirus death toll was at 74,158. They added 22,372 people recovered from the virus, raising the total number of recoveries to 3,340,545. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Russia on Jan. 31, 2020 when two Chinese citizens in Tyumen (Siberia) and Chita (Russia Far east) tested positive for the virus. In Berlin, German health authorities reported on Tuesday 861 deaths and 6,114 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said the country's death toll increased to 57,981 cases and the total confirmed cases those to 2,228,085. 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 4,347 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Monday. France's cumulative total of cases now stands at 3,201,461. The COVID-19 death toll was up by 455 at 76,512. France announced its approval of the use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and to include it in its vaccine program. In Rome, Italy's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak hit 88,845 on Monday after 329 more people succumbed to the disease over the past 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed. Some 7,925 new cases were logged in the same period to raise the total in one of the world's worst-affected countries to over 2,556,957, according to government figures. It noted 13,975 people recovered from the virus in the past day, taking the tally to more than 2,024,523 recoveries since the outbreak of the pandemic. In Brussels, total infections of coronavirus cases in Belgium on Tuesday increased to 711,417 with 1,264 new infections reported by Belgian health authorities. They reported 32 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours raising the total death toll to 21,124. In Amsterdam, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Monday reported that 3,280 new coronavirus cases were reported in the Netherlands raising the total number of infections to 981,994. Also around 27 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours raising the total deaths from COVID-19 to 14,032, said the institute. In Beijing, China Tuesday reported 30 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, and no virus-related deaths in the past 24 hours. The National Health Commission said total registered infections rose to 89,594 and fatalities remained at 4,636. It added 62 people have recovered from the virus and left hospitals in the past 24 hours to reach a total of 83,376. There are still 1,582 patients receiving treatment. In New Delhi, India said on Tuesday that 94 people died due to COVID-19 while 8,635 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 154,486 as the total number of positive cases mounted to 10,766,245. According to the ministry, 10,448,406 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 2,123 daily cases of novel coronavirus, raising the nation's total number 392,825, the Health Ministry and local authorities said. The country's cumulative death toll stood at 5,860. rose by 81 and stood at 5,860. Tokyo added 556 new infections, falling below 1,000 for the fifth straight day, which brought the total cases in the Japanese capital to 100,790. 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 336 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, Yonhap reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total caseload at 78,844, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The daily figure stayed in the 300s for the third straight day. Ten people died in the past 24 hours raising the death toll to 1,435. Of the newly identified local infections, 121 cases were reported in Seoul and 70 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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil registered 24,591 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and 595 additional deaths attributable to the coronavirus, the nation's Health Ministry said. The South American country has registered a total of 9,229,322 COVID-19 cases and 225,099 deaths, Reuters reported. In Latin America, Brazil has more than nine 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 3.5 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 Rabat, Morocco on Monday said confirmed coronavirus cases had risen by 281 over the past 24 hours, while 12 more people succumbed to the disease to up the country's death toll to 8,287. The North African nation's caseload has reached 471,438 since the contagion came to light, according to the Health Ministry's data, 892 infected people have recovered which showed the tally of people who have recovered from the virus till date as 450,052. In Tunis, Tunisia's Ministry of Health on Monday announced 48 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1,160 more infections in 24 hours. The tally of confirmed deaths and infections rose to 6,802 and 210,045 respectively since the outbreak of the virus. Meanwhile, overall recoveries went up to 162,223. Meanwhile, Mauritania's Ministry of Health said Monday that 27 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the country's caseload to 16,662 while the death toll stayed at 422. The report said, 62 patients have been discharged from hospitals, raising the overall recoveries to 15,735 cases. — Agencies
