Global death toll hits 999,642 with over 33m cases

FE Team | Published: September 27, 2020 23:58:56

Global death toll due to Covid-19 reached 999,642 on Sunday, according to the Worldometers tally, report agencies.
Besides, the confirmed Covid-19 cases hit 33.12 million globally, according to the data.
The United States remains the country worst hit by the pandemic, with 7,077,485 cases and 204,485 deaths.
Brazil recorded the world's second largest death toll of 141,406, followed by India with 93,379 fatalities.
However, India reported 5,903,932 cases while Brazil recorded 4,717,991 as of Sunday.
Indonesia reported 3,874 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 275,213, official data from the COVID-19 task force showed. It also reported 78 new deaths, bringing total fatalities to 10,386.
The Philippines' health ministry on Sunday reported 2,995 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 60 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 304,226 cases and 5,344 deaths.
Mainland China reported 14 new COVID-19 cases on Sept. 26, compared with 15 cases announced a day earlier, the national health authority said on Saturday. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in mainland China is 85,351. The number of total deaths remained unchanged at 4,634.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday authorised the country's provinces to impose lockdowns wherever necessary.