GENEVA, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 513,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 122.52 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday.
As of March 21, as many as 122,524,424 novel coronavirus cases and 2,703,620 coronavirus-associated deaths were registered across the globe. The number of confirmed cases grew by 513,797 in the past 24 hours and the number of fatalities increased by 9,984.
The WHO statistics is based on officially confirmed data from the countries.
Europe accounts for more than 43% of the COVID-19 daily tally (206,504 cases). Next are North and South America (202,660 cases), and Southeast Asia (51,988 cases).
The biggest number of coronavirus cases was reported from the United States (29,437,770), Brazil (11,871,390), India (11,599,130), Russia (4,456,869), the United Kingdom (4,291,275), France (4,180,829), Italy (3,356,331), Spain (3,206,116), Turkey (2,992,694), Germany (2,659,516), Colombia (2,324,426), and Argentina (2,234,913).
WASHINGTON: The United States has for the first time administered more than three million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for two consecutive days, according to official figures published Sunday.
The new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm the growing reach and success of the US vaccine rollout.
The CDC reported 3.04 million doses had been administered in the 24 hours through Sunday morning, after 3.12 million the previous day. It said the latest seven-day average was 2.44 million doses a day.
“First time we have had 3M or more in two consecutive days. Also second consecutive day reporting more than 2M first doses per day,” tweeted Cyrus Shahpar, the White House Covid-19 data director.
The United States has suffered more Covid-19 deaths by far — some 542,000 to date — than any other country.
But it has also had one of the more successful vaccine rollouts.
The CDC said 24.5 percent of the populace has now received at least one dose, while 13.3 percent are fully vaccinated.
Among people 65 and older, 69 percent have received at least one dose.
Three vaccines are now authorized in the United States: the two-dose regimens from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Even while many countries are still struggling to obtain vaccine supplies, the US government says it has ordered enough to be able to vaccinate all adults by the end of May.
ADDIS ABABA: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,108,340 as of Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll related to the pandemic registered at 109,724, while 3,676,638 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease.
In South Africa, 52,082 died of COVID-19, the most among African countries, followed by Egypt at 11,557, and Morocco at 8,763, according to the Africa CDC.
According to the agency, nine African countries have so far reported more than 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with the number in South Africa topping 1 million.
