Global coronavirus caseload reaches 106.7 million

Global coronavirus caseload reaches 106.7 million

LONDON — As many as 106.7 million (106,752,707) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,328,807 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 78,450,304 cases of global recoveries.Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with over 100 million confirmed cases in 218 countries and more than 2.32 million deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again.In the past one week, the US witnessed a significant drop in the number of new confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths, as well as hospitalizations, according to The Covid Tracking Project.In its latest update, the Tracking Project said on Sunday that fresh cases were down more than 16 percent in the above mentioned period, and dropped below one million for the first time since the week of Nov. 5, 2020.The country had 84,223 people hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Feb. 6, down about more than 40,000 from the country's