With Scotland recently recording 50 deaths in a single 24 hour period on Friday 24 September, coronavirus is continuing claim lives across the globe as health authorities worldwide races against the Delta variant to get their populations vaccinated.
According to the latest data available from the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, there have now been 4,750,658 coronavirus deaths worldwide.
But with a number of countries such as the United States, India and Russia accounting for considerable amounts of the world’s population, it is no wonder that these more populated countries have sadly seen a higher population of the world’s Covid death count.
In the UK, the number of deaths has fallen dramatically since peaking at almost 2,000 in a single day in January 2021.
Looking at the latest data gathered by John Hopkins University, here are the countries worldwide with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in total as of 27 September.
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. United States
The US has recorded the highest number of cumulative deaths since the start of the pandemic, with 690,426 to date. Photo: AP/Patrick Semansky

9. Italy
With coronavirus cases and deaths most notably spiking in Italy at the start of the pandemic, the country has seen the world's ninth highest number of total Covid deaths - with 130,742 as of 27 September. Photo: Getty Images/Canva Pro

10. Colombia
Colombia has seen 126,178 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic and an estimated 246 deaths per 100,000 people in total. Photo: Getty Images/Canva Pro

11. Iran
Iran has seen the 11th highest number of cumulative Covid deaths so far, with 119,649 in total to date. Photo: pixabay/Canva Pro