South Africa's COVID-19 cases, deaths decline as variant spreads globally

COVID-19 cases have been declining in South Africa despite the nation battling to contain a more contagious variant that has spread globally. Worldwide, the virus has killed 2,477,790 people with 111,953,292 cases in tracking by Worldometers.info. The United States continues to lead both categories, surpassing 28 million infections and fewer than 2,000 deaths from 500,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins tracking, ahead of two other North American nations, Brazil at 246,504 and No. 3 Mexico with 179,797