Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 50 Million As Second Wave Hits

According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the number of global COVID-19 cases surpassed 50 million on Sunday as global deaths surpassed the 1 Million mark.

The Johns Hopkins CSSE tally indicated that global cases reached 50,325,072 and have resulted in nearly 1.3 million deaths.

The university also said global cases topped 30 million on September 17 and rose to 40 million on October 19. It took 32 days for the global caseload to jump from 30 million to 40 million, and only 20 days from 40 million to 50 million.

The United States of America is still accounting for the world’s highest caseload of 9,961,324 and have resulted in nearly 238,000 deaths. It counts for about 20 percent of global COVID-19 cases. As of Saturday alone, the United States recorded a COVID-19 caseload of 126,742.

India is holding the second position as the 2^nd highest COVID-19 recording country in the world with 8,507,754 COVID-19 cases. Brazil’s has over 5,664,115 COVID-19 cases. The three countries, the USA, India, and Brazil account for nearly half of all global cases.

Six other countries have reported at least one million cases each, include: France: 1,835,187 cases, resulting in 40,490 deaths, France: 1,835,187 cases, resulting in 40,490 deaths, Spain: 1,328,832 cases, resulting in 38,833 deaths.

Argentina: 1,242,182 cases, resulting in 33,560 deaths. United Kingdom: 1,193,350 cases, resulting in 49,134 deaths. Colombia: 1,143,887 cases, resulting in 32,791 deaths.

Current Update On COVID-19 Vaccine

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by the end of this year, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

The WHO Director-General said nine experimental vaccines are in the pipeline of the WHO-led COVAX global vaccine facility that aims to distribute two million doses by the end of 2021.

So far, some 168 countries have joined the COVAX facility but neither China, the United States nor Russia are among them. The Trump admiration has said it is relying instead on bilateral deals to secure supplies from vaccine makers.

Previously, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that over 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed to ship a COVID-19 vaccine around the World and that this will be the “largest transport challenge ever”