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1. Screenshots of World Health Organization COVID-19 dashboard showing global case count, death toll

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2. Medics putting on personal protective equipment
3. Various of COVID-19 patient lying in bed
4. Various of medical equipment, monitoring screen
5. Hospital hallway

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6. Ambulance driving
7. Various of ambulance in front of hospital

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8. Notice of "Take Out Only" on restaurant window
9. Empty restaurant tables, chairs

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10. Various of pedestrians

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11. Rashtrapati Bhavan, official residence of President of India, traffic in haze

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12. Various of people at bazaar, people purchasing goods

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13. Participants waiting for vaccination
14. Various of vaccination drill in process

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15. Brazilian national flag, monument

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16. Medical workers, residents at COVID-19 testing site
17. Various of medical workers working at testing site
18. Health care worker collecting man's nasal swab samples

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19. Tower Bridge
20. Pedestrians, entrance to underground

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21. Various of closed stores
22. Sign reading "Stay home, save lives"
23. Various of shop for rent

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24. Various of Spanish Steps
25. Residents being checked by police officers
26. Various of closed shops

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27. Various of pedestrians

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28. Various of traffic, pedestrians on streets

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29. Saint Basil's Cathedral

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30. Various of pedestrians

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31. Various of volunteer receiving vaccine jab during clinical trial

The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 90 million, reaching 90,054,813 as of Wednesday, according to the latest numbers from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Globally, as of 9:47 am CET (0847 GMT) on Wednesday, there have been 90,054,813 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 1,945,610 deaths, reported to WHO.

The grim milestone was reached as various countries in the world scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants.

The U.S. has remained at the top in both infection cases and fatalities, with 22,860,032 confirmed cases and 381,130 deaths as of 10:22 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Wednesday.

The U.S. reported 4,327 coronavirus deaths Tuesday, the deadliest day of the pandemic so far, marking the second time in the last week that Covid-19 fatalities have exceeded 4,000 in one day.

It's followed by India with 10,495,147 cases and 151,529 deaths, and then Brazil, with 8,131,612 cases and 203,580 deaths.

Also severely affected were Russia with 3,448,203 cases, Britain with 3,118,522 cases, France with 2,740,656 cases, Italy with 2,289,021 cases, and Spain with 2,111,782 cases.

On the list of death tolls after the top three were Mexico with 134,368 cases, Britain with 81,960 cases, Italy with 79,203 cases, France with 67,368 cases, Russia with 62,804 cases, Iran with 56,360 cases, and Spain with 52,275 cases.

According to WHO regional offices, the Americas remained the most affected area by COVID-19, with a total of 39,835,210 confirmed cases and 925,289 death cases, followed by Europe where 29,251,917 confirmed cases and 634,670 death cases have been reported.

As the world is struggling to contain the pandemic, vaccination is underway in some countries with the already-authorized coronavirus vaccines.

Meanwhile, 236 candidate vaccines are still being developed worldwide - 63 of them in clinical trials - in countries including Germany, China, Russia, Britain and the United States, according to information released by WHO on Jan. 12.