More than 100 million people around the world have now been infected with COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
California reported the largest number of cases among the states, standing at 3,147,735.
The official number of cases registered since the pandemic first broke out in China, in late 2019, represents just a fraction of the real number of infections around the world.
The United States remains the worst-hit country, recording more than 25 million cases and 420,000 deaths.
By region, the Americas accounted for more than 40 percent of the total, with over 40 million cases. With just under 425,00 fatalities, the United States has reported nearly twice as many deaths as Brazil, which has the second-highest death toll in the world. Britain yesterday reached 100,000 deaths.
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China, which recently marked the first anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown in the central city of Wuhan, is facing its worst wave of local cases since March previous year.
AgenciesIndia comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,654,533, while the country's death toll soared to 153,339.
India and Brazil have the second and third highest case tallies after the USA, standing at more than 10.6 million and 8.8 million infections respectively.
The South African variant, also known as 501Y.V2, is 50 per cent more infectious and has been detected in at least 20 countries.
The countries with a death toll above 20,000 are Mexico (149,614), the United Kingdom (98,129), Italy (85,461), France (73,190), Russian Federation (68,397), Iran (57,383), Spain (55,441), Germany (52,168), Colombia (51,374), Argentina (46,827), South Africa (40,874), Peru (39,274), Poland (35,363), Indonesia (27,835), Turkey (25,073), Ukraine (22,926) and Belgium (20,726).
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