 "Medics screen passengers after an Air India Express flight brought stranded Indian nationals from Abu Dhabi, UAE, as part of the repatriation exercise ‘Vande Bharat Mission’, at the airport in Kochi. Photo: PTI")
The global tally of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases has now crossed the four million mark. There have been 276,911 deaths, with 1,403,867 people having recovered from the infection. Russia has rapidly risen the ranks to become the fifth worst affected country in the world when it comes to total number of confirmed cases, surpassing France and Germany.
In India, there are now 59,662 confirmed cases, with 1,981 people having succumbed to the virus. Almost 18,000 people have now been cured in the country.
Here are some statistics on the pandemic:
1.These five nations are witnessing an upward trajectory in Covid-19
