The number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases reached 7,893,700 as of Monday morning, according to figures compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.

The number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases inched closer to 5.5 million on Tuesday as the death toll climbed to 346,232, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University.   Among the countries, the US has been the worst-hit with the highest recorded deaths of 98,220 patients and about 1.7 million confirmed cases.

As the number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases near 4.5 million, the death toll too is rising, inching towards 300,000.   On Thursday morning, the global death toll stood at 298,165, according to data compiled by Worldometer.   Confirmed coronavirus cases were 4428,236 at this time.   Worldometer data showed that the number of cases and deaths started going up drastically since mid-March.   Currently, 2,472,248 confirmed COVID-19 patients are being treated and 45,920 of them are in serious or critical condition.