Governments worldwide are continuing to highlight the dangers of coronavirus as it spreads across the globe, with powerful variants such as Delta continuing to usher in higher rates of transmission.
Countries such as New Zealand and the Cayman Islands have successfully managed to keep Covid rates in their nations low, with their smaller populations and harsher lockdown policies preventing the virus from spreading further through increased international travel.
But the same cannot be said for everywhere else.
The UK Government cut down its red list of high risk travel destinations to just seven countries in early October, with only a handful of countries now requiring quarantine hotel stays on return to the UK.
And as the US finally reopens its borders to UK travellers almost two years after former President Donald Trump banned UK and Schengen Zone travellers from entering the country, concerns over potential spikes in Covid cases as winter approaches are rising.
So far, the UK has seen a cumulative total of 9,333,891 coronavirus cases as of 8 November 2021.
Of these, an estimated 7,925,681 have been in England, 664,654 in Scotland, 459,325 in Wales and 284,231 in Northern Ireland.
But which countries have seen the highest Covid cases so far?
Here are the 10 countries with the highest cumulative Covid cases as of 8 November 2021, according to John Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Centre.
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1. United States
As one of the world's most populated countries, the US has seen approximately 46.61 million confirmed Covid cases so far. Photo: Getty Images
2. India
A country with a population of almost 1.4 billion people, India has seen one of the highest world Covid case counts so far with 34.38 million confirmed cases to date. Photo: pixabay/Canva Pro
3. Brazil
With 21.89 million confirmed Covid cases as of 8 November, Brazil has seen one of the world's highest cumulative coronavirus case counts to date. Photo: AFP via Getty Images
4. United Kingdom
The UK has seen approximately 9.38 million Covid cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, placing it fourth on the current list of countries with the highest cumulative coronavirus cases. Photo: Getty Images/Canva Pro