The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed above 106.5 million on Tuesday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose above 2.32 million. The U.S. has the highest case tally in the world at more than 27 million and the highest death toll at 465,083, or about a fifth of the global total. The U.S. added at least 92,603 new cases on Monday, according to a New York Times tracker , and counted at least 1,547 deaths. Case numbers have been declining, however. The U.S. averaged 111,190 new cases a day in the past week, down 36% from the average two weeks ago. Hospitalizations have also been falling, according to the COVID Tracking Project. There were 80,055 COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals on Sunday, down from 81,439 a day earlier and the lowest level since Nov. 18. A World Health Organization expert visiting the Chinese city of Wuhan said the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species, the Associated Press reported.
Brazil has the second highest death toll at 231,534 and is third by cases at 9.5 million. India is second worldwide in cases with 10.8 million, and now fourth in deaths at 155,158. Mexico has the third highest death toll at 166,731 and 13th highest case tally at 1.9 million. The U.K. has 3.9 million cases and 113,014 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world.