More than 50.35 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,255,087 have died, according to a Reuters tally. The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, according to the tally on Sunday, as the third wave of the COVID-19 virus surges across the nation. Russia reported a record high of 21,798 new coronavirus infections on Monday, including 6,897 in the capital Moscow, bringing the national tally to 1,796,132. Authorities also reported 256 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the official death toll to 30,793. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 13,363 to 671,868, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. The reported death toll rose by 63 to 11,352. The Philippines reported 108 new deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, the highest daily death toll since Oct. 23, taking total fatalities to 7,647, the country's health ministry said. The Department of Health also reported 2,058 new coronavirus infections, taking the total to 398,449, the second highest number in Southeast Asia. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
