Novel coronavirus infection is still wreaking havoc in almost every part of the world as the number of cases is still rising in several places. Yesterday, Italy became the tenth country to cross the grim milestone of 1 million COVID-19 cases.

The United States and India are two nations worst hit by COVID-19. As both these countries have been unable to contain the first wave of viral disease. But more alarming news is the lethal second wave of virus that is dominating the European nations recently. France, Spain, United Kingdom, and Italy are hit hardest among the European countries by the flu bug.

The ten countries with more than 1 million Covid-19 infections are as follows:

Country -Total Cases -Total Deaths -Total Recovered-Active Cases World-52,431,233-1,288,930-36,669,404-14,472,899    1) USA-10,709,901-247,398-6,648,705-3,813,798   2) India-8,684,039-128,165  -8,064,548-491,326   3) Brazil -5,749,007-163,406-5,064,344-521,257  4) France-1,865,538-42,535-133,696-1,689,307    5) Russia-1,836,960-31,593-1,369,357-436,010    6) Spain-1,465,357-40,105-N/A   -N/A    7) Argentina-1,273,356-34,531-1,081,897-156,928 8) UK-1,256,725-50,365-N/A-N/A  9) Colombia-1,165,326-33,312-1,070,423-61,591  10) Italy-1,028,423-42,953-372,113-613,357 

Amid record spikes in several countries, the news of the development of a potentially effective vaccine is a ray of hope for the global population. But still, questions about the efficacy and worldwide distribution of the vaccine are unanswered.