Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with almost 55 million confirmed cases in 191 countries and about 1.3 million deaths.
The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again.
Global cases have risen to a total of 54,973,013 and the total deaths have risen to 1,326,902, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus cases have risen over the past few months in several regions of the world and the rate of infection is still increasing.
Europe and North America are currently seeing the steepest rise in new cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the global death toll could hit two million before an effective vaccine is widely in use.
Addressing the World Health Assembly last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "We might be tired of Covid-19. But it is not tired of us."
The US has recorded more than 11 million cases and is approaching 250,000 deaths from coronavirus, the highest figures in the world.
Daily cases have been at record levels since early November as the number of infections continue to rise across the country.
Lockdowns return to Europe as cases rise again
Cases and hospital admissions are now rising fast again in many European countries.
Spain, France, Italy and the UK have all recorded more than one million cases, and several others are seeing their highest number of new infections since the start of the pandemic.
Lockdowns and other restrictions have been reintroduced in some of the worst-affected regions, in an effort to control the latest surge in cases.
Both France and Spain have seen the daily number of cases start to fall in recent days.
The pattern of rising infections following the loosening of spring lockdown restrictions is not limited to Europe, though.
Japan has seen a second rise in cases since peaking in August, but the number of new deaths has remained relatively low. Other countries that have seen a resurgence of the virus include Turkey, Canada and Russia.
Daily cases are increasing worldwide
Several countries around the world are seeing cases spike at the moment.
In the Middle East, both Iran and Jordan have seen the number of daily infections rise sharply in recent weeks.
Jordan has increased security measures after thousands defied a five-day COVID-19 lockdown, and protests were held against the results of parliamentary elections.
In Latin America, Brazil has nearly six million confirmed cases and the world's second highest death toll, although the number of daily new infections has slowed.
Argentina, Colombia and Mexico have also recorded more than one million cases, with Peru likely to pass that milestone soon.
India has driven the increase in numbers in Asia, with nearly nine million confirmed infections, the second-highest official total in the world after the US.
Africa has recorded nearly two million cases, although the true extent of the pandemic there is not known as testing rates are low.
South Africa, with more than 750,000 cases and 20,000 deaths, is still the worst affected country on the continent. Morocco, Egypt and Ethiopia are the only other African countries to officially record more than 100,000 cases.
How did coronavirus spread?
The virus, which causes the respiratory infection Covid-19, was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
The outbreak spread quickly across the globe in the first months of 2020 and declared a global pandemic by the WHO on 11 March.
A pandemic is when an infectious disease is passing easily from person to person in many parts of the world at the same time.
Darul Ihsan Media Desk