SWAB TEST. A medical worker wearing protective equipment takes a swab sample from a woman for a Covid-19 PCR test at a temporary screening center in front of the City Hall of Paris, France on Aug. 31, 2020. Global Covid-19 deaths surpassed 850,000 on Tuesday (Sept. 1, 2020). (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)
NEW YORK – Global deaths from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) surpassed 850,000 on Tuesday, data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University showed.
The global case count reached 25,484,767, with a total of 850,535 deaths worldwide as of 12:28 a.m. (0428 GMT), the CSSE data showed.
The United States reported the highest caseload and death toll across the world, with 6,030,587 cases and 183,597 deaths, making up more than 20 percent of the global death toll.
Brazil recorded 3,908,272 cases and 121,381 deaths, both the world's second-largest numbers.
India followed with 3,691,166 cases and 65,288 deaths.
Other countries with more than 30,000 fatalities are Mexico, Britain, Italy, and France. (Xinhua)
