Johns Hopkins University in US announced that the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) around the world rose to 548474889.
The university reported - in the latest statistics published on its website, today, Saturday - that the total deaths from the infection with the virus around the world rose to 6 337805 .
It added that the United States recorded the largest number of cases around the world, with more than 87.8 million cases, while India exceeded 43.4 million case to occupying the second place, followed by Brazil with more than 32.4 million cases.
According to the latest data, the United States topped the list of countries in the number of deaths with more than one million deaths, followed by Brazil in second place with 671 thousand and 700 deaths, and then India comes in third place with a total of 525 thousand and 168 deaths.