Over 3 lakh people die due to coronavirus, more than 45 lakh infected

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Over 3 lakh people die due to coronavirus, more than 45 lakh infected
Over 3 lakh people die due to coronavirus, more than 45 lakh infected

New Delhi : The overall coronavirus infection cases across the globe have touched 45 lakh mark and the death toll has crossed 3 lakh mark by the Friday night.

US continues to remain the worst hit nation due to coronavirus with 1,427,867 confirmed cases, followed by Russia with 262,843 cases, the UK with 238,001 cases, Spain with 230,183 cases, Italy with 223,885 cases.

The US also leads the chart in terms of highest deaths with 86,386 casualties, followed by the UK at 34,077, Italy at  31,610, Spain at  27,459 and France at 27,428.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump has raised hopes that a vaccine will be developed by the end of 2020.

At an event in the White House Rose Garden, in which many administration officials wore masks but the president did not, Trump expressed his hope that a vaccine would be in place before the end of the year and said his administration would mobilize its forces to get a vaccine distributed once one was in place.