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Global coronavirus cases cross 1.8 million-mark; death toll at 1,14,208

After 72,616 fresh cases of coronavirus were reported, the total tally of COVID-19 across the globe has reached 1,852,359. With 560,402 positive cases and 22,105 deaths, the US has the highest fatalities.

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Edited By: India TV News Desk
February 21, 2023 17:42 IST

After 72,616 fresh cases of coronavirus were reported, the total tally of COVID-19 across the globe has reached 1,852,359. With 560,402 positive cases and 22,105 deaths, the US has the highest fatalities. Meanwhile, no fresh cases were reported in Italy. However, the country's total tally stands at 156,363 with 19,899 deaths. China saw a sudden rise of 108 new cases, which brings the total tally to 82,160. Across the Atlantic, major European countries like Spain and France are reporting a comparatively lesser number of deaths. Italy has the most deaths in Europe (19,899), followed by Spain (17,209) and France (14,393). The United Kingdom has over 10,000 COVID-19 deaths and its total tally stands at 84,279.

Here are the number of cases in top 10 countries: 

The chart shows the number of fatalities across the globe as on April 12. 

Country,
Other		 Total
Cases		 New
Cases		 Total
Deaths		 New
Deaths		 Total
Recovered		 Active
Cases		 Serious,
Critical		 Tot Cases/
1M pop		 Deaths/
1M pop		 Total
Tests		 Tests/
1M pop
World 1,852,359 +72,616 114,194 +5,415 423,311 1,314,854 50,776 238 14.7    
USA 560,402 +27,523 22,105 +1,528 32,634 505,663 11,766 1,693 67 2,832,258 8,557
Spain 166,831 +3,804 17,209 +603 62,391 87,231 7,371 3,568 368 355,000 7,593
Italy 156,363 +4,092 19,899 +431 34,211 102,253 3,343 2,586 329 1,010,193 16,708
France 132,591 +2,937 14,393 +561 27,186 91,012 6,845 2,031 221 333,807 5,114
Germany 127,854 +2,402 3,022 +151 60,300 64,532 4,895 1,526 36 1,317,887 15,730
UK 84,279 +5,288 10,612 +737 344 73,323 1,559 1,241 156 352,974 5,200
China 82,052 +99 3,339   77,575 1,138 139 57 2    
Iran 71,686 +1,657 4,474 +117 43,894 23,318 3,930 853 53 263,388 3,136
Turkey 56,956 +4,789 1,198 +97 3,446 52,312 1,665 675 14 376,100 4,459
Belgium 29,647 +1,629 3,600 +254 6,463 19,584 1,223 2,558 311 102,151 8,814
Netherlands 25,587 +1,174 2,737 +94 250 22,600 1,384 1,493 160 101,534 5,926
Switzerland 25,415 +308 1,106 +70 12,700 11,609 386 2,937 128 193,800 22,393
Canada 24,383 +1,065 717 +64 7,172 16,494 557 646 19 422,200 11,186
Brazil 22,192 +1,230 1,223 +83 173 20,796 296 104 6 62,985 296

According to Worldometer, the death toll in India is at 331 and the number of cases has risen to 9,205. Many countries across the globe have extended their lockdowns and coronavirus numbers continue to go up. 

PM Modi, who has heaped global praise for his handling of coronavirus situation, also decided to extend the nationwide lockdown in India for a period of 2 weeks after April 14 deadline. The prime minister discussed the situation with chief ministers of various states via video conference on Saturday after which an anonymous decision was taken to extend the lockdown. 

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