Bhubaneswar, May 30 -- Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 6 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 364,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Saturday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 5,923,432, while the death toll increased to 364,849, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

Currently, the US has 1,745,930 confirmed coronavirus cases and 102,808 deaths, both tallies account for the highest in the world, according to the CSSE.

Meanwhile in terms of cases, Brazil comes in the second place with 465,166 infections.

This was followed by Russia (387,623), the UK (272,607), Spain (238,564), Italy (232...