(VOVWORLD) - As of Tuesday, there had been over 226 million COVID-19 infections and 4.6 million deaths in the world, according to worldometers.info.
 People get vaccinated in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) |
Over the past 24 hours, nearly 420,000 COVID-19 cases and 6,600 deaths were reported globally.
The US remains the most severely-affected country, with nearly 93,000 new infections and the highest daily death toll of 742.