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According to JHU, the US continues to be the worst-affected country from the COVID-19 pandemic with 14,353,740 cases and 279,726 deaths. India and Brazil are the second and third most-affected countries from the virus with 9,571,559 cases and 6,533,968 cases respectively. Brazil has the second-highest death toll after the United States with 175,964 succumbing to the virus so far. Also Read | Pakistani Woman Gets USD 1.5 Million Life Insurance Claims on False Death Certificate.

The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 that originated from Wuhan in China a pandemic on March 11.

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