(VOVWORLD) - As of Monday afternoon, the total number of COVID-19 infections worldwide was nearly 4.2 million, with more than 284,000 deaths, according to worldometers.info.
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The pandemic has impacted 212 countries and territories.
A downward trend continues in most countries for new deaths and new infections.
The US, Brazil, Ecuador and the UK are the only 4 countries where the number of deaths has exceeded 200 over the past 24 hours.
The US leads the world for most COVID-19 indicators. It has recorded more than 1.36 million infections and 80,700 deaths, far outpacing Spain and Italy.