The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 climbed above 40.75 million on Tuesday, according to data aggregated by Worldometers, while the death toll rose above 1,124,519.
The US has the highest case total at 8.4 million and deaths at 225,269, report agencies.
Brazil has the second highest death toll at 154,226 and is third by cases at 5.3 million.
India is second in cases with 7.6 million, and third in deaths at 115,296.
Mexico has the fourth highest death toll at 86,338 and ninth highest case tally at 854,926.
The UK has 43,816 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world, and 744,122 cases.
The number of new coronavirus infections reported daily in India dropped below 50,000 for the first time in nearly three months, taking the COVID-19 caseload to 75,97,063 on Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The country had reported 47,703 new infections in a day on July 28. A total of 46,790 fresh infections were reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,15,197 with 587 fatalities being registered in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Report from Washington adds: President Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed for a comprehensive Covid-19 relief package, saying he would accept a deal worth more than $2.2 trillion despite opposition to large spending measures among his fellow Republicans in the US Senate.
"I want to do it even bigger than the Democrats," Trump said in an interview with Fox News, as talks between House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin approached a Tuesday deadline for reaching a bipartisan deal that could pass Congress before Election Day on Nov. 3.
The White House has proposed $1.8 trillion in coronavirus relief, while Pelosi is pushing for $2.2 trillion.
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