More than 421,000 nCoV cases have been recorded globally over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to more than 43.7 million, of which nearly 1.2 million people died.

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be complicated globally, as winter is coming.

An additional 4,869 Covid-19 deaths were reported, bringing the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1,163,588, while 32,123,941 recovered.

The US, the world's largest epidemic zone, recorded 8,957,018 cases and 230,986 deaths, an increase of 69,404 and 494 cases compared to a day earlier.

Dr. Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said on October 25 that experts by early December will know whether the potential Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, but the general vaccination.

India, the second largest epidemic region in the world, reported an additional 36,838 cases and 505 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected and dead from Covid-19 to 7,945,888 and 119,535 respectively.

India's Ministry of Health said that the recovery rate from the virus has reached 90% while the number of new infections is on the decline, staying below 70,000 for the fourth consecutive day.

Brazil, the third largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 234 deaths from nCoV, bringing the total number of deaths to 157,397.

Statistics show that Brazil's nCoV figure is on the decline after skyrocketing in mid-year.

The Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on October 23 allowed the Butantan Institute of Sao Paulo to import 6 million doses of the vaccine from the Chinese company Sinovac, although President Bolsonaro said in midweek that Brazil would not buy the Chinese vaccine.

Russia recorded an additional 219 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 26,269, while the number of infections increased by 17,347, to 1,531,224.

Although the epidemic tends to be complicated, Russian officials have eliminated the possibility of re-imposing strict blockade measures like earlier this year.

Total new infections in Europe more than doubled over the past 10 days, surpassing 200,000 new infections a day on October 22.

France recorded an additional 26,771 nCoV cases, bringing the total to 1,165,278 cases, of which 35,018 died, an increase of 257. It is the second country in the EU and the seventh in the world to report cases exceeding one million.

The National Health Authority said on October 25 that 17% of people tested for nCoV gave a positive result, up from 4.5% in early September.

President Emmanuel Macron issued a curfew in Paris and eight other major cities for six weeks, starting October 17.

He recorded 894,690 cases and 44,998 deaths, an increase of 20,890 and 102 cases, respectively.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last week a new nationwide blockade would be "catastrophic", but did not eliminate this possibility as the epidemic progresses increasingly complicated.

Germany recorded an additional 12,530 cases and 3 deaths, bringing the number of infections and deaths to 450,167 and 10,181, respectively.

With regional disagreements hampering the anti-epidemic effort, Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with heads of 16 German states on October 28 to agree on new national measures.

South Africa, the world's 12th largest epidemic region and the country most affected by the pandemic in Africa, recorded 716,759 cases and 19,008 deaths, up 891 and 40 cases, respectively.

The South African government decided to open borders with most countries from October 1, while gradually loosening the world's top strict restrictions, in an effort to revive the economy.

Iran, the Middle East's largest epidemic zone, reported 32,953 deaths, an increase of 337, out of a total of 574,856 cases, an increase of 5,960.

Iran is planning to impose new one-month restrictions, including for odd-day civil servants in the capital, Tehran, and to set different working hours for occupations to reduce crowding.

China recorded 20 new infections, bringing the number of cases to 85,810, of which 4,634 people died.

China on October 25 found more than 100 cases of nCoV infection in Kashgar City, Xinjiang, and all were asymptomatic.

In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is the region's largest epidemic with 392,934 cases, an increase of 3,222 from the previous day, of which 13,411 people died, an increase of 112 cases.

Jakarta started to impose restrictions to prevent nCoV in early April and then loosen it up gradually in June. However, the number of new infections in the capital a few weeks later skyrocketed.

The Philippines reported 371,630 cases and 7,039 deaths, up 1,607 and 62 cases, respectively.

Most businesses have been reopened since the end of the blockade on August 19 in Manila.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom admitted on October 26 that after months of global battle with Covid-19, the level of "pandemic fatigue" had begun.

Updated: 6:51, 10/27 | Source: WorldOMeters