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More than 500,000 people worldwide are now known to have succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.

The number of confirmed infections has meanwhile crossed the 10 million threshold, Euronews reports.

The US remains the most bereaved country with 125,804 fatalities. It also accounts for a quarter of all cases worldwide. It is followed by Brazil, which has so far recorded 57,622 deaths and more than 1.3 million cases.

Authorities in Russia said 6,791 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to over 634,000 cases. The country has the third highest number of infections in the world.

The grim milestone comes as health authorities warn that the pandemic is far from over and has made a comeback in regions that appeared to have defeated the virus a few weeks ago.

Many are wondering if effective containment methods will work to contain the spread, but already new clusters in some countries have spread fears of a potential second wave.