Almost 1.3% of the world’s population has now been infected with Covid-19 and over 2.1 million people have died. It took the world 11 months to record the first 50 million cases of the pandemic , compared to just three months for cases to double to 100 million. The US leads the world in the daily average number of new deaths reported, accounting for one in every five deaths reported worldwide each day. The Eastern European region, including countries like Russia, Poland and Ukraine, contribute to nearly 10% of all global Covid-19 cases. According to the Reuters tally, African countries have nearly 3.5 million cases and over 85,000 deaths.

Source: Economic Times January 28, 2021 01:50 UTC