Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of May 26, 2021 at 5:15pm EST.
On Wednesday, health officials in Italy logged 3,937 new infections bringing the total caseload to more than 4.2 million since the start of the pandemic. Of that cumulative total, 90.8% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, the Department of Health reported an increase of 121 Covid-related deaths.
Globally, over 168 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 150 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 3.4 million worldwide.