(VOVWORLD) - The world had recorded 355 million COVID-19 infections and 5.6 million deaths as of Tuesday, according to worldometers.info.
The world added more than 2 million COVID-19 cases and 5,900 deaths in the past 24 hours.
The US remains the hardest-hit country, recording the highest number of new infections and deaths in one day - 450,000 cases and 1,200 deaths.