In Brazil, some 3,000 deaths are reported every day, accounting for almost a quarter of the deaths reported daily in the world. The country has been the worst hit in the world in terms of new daily deaths globally since early March. With 234,692 new infections reported on Saturday, India has close to three times the daily cases of the US. India also reported 1,341 new deaths on Saturday, the highest single-day death toll barring June 17. According to JHU there are 140 million global cases of Covid-19.

Source: CNN April 17, 2021 11:15 UTC