As of 7:45 am on Friday, February 26, 2021, The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard reports the following information. 

 Global Cases -113,161,929    Global Deaths – 2,510,955

U.S. Cases – 28,422,348   U.S. Deaths – 508,750

According to Johns Hopkins, the top five U.S. states with the highest COVID-19 fatalities are California, New York, Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania.