Worldwide COVID-19 Case Count Surpasses 278 Million December 24, 2021 at 5:58 am tdemartini Blogs Covid-19 Tweet Share Reddit +1 Pocket LinkedIn As of 5:30 am on Friday, December 24, 2021, The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard reports the following data: Global Cases -278,298,840 Global Deaths – 5,389,679 U.S. Cases – 51,838,109 U.S. Deaths – 815,553 Tags: COVID-19, Johns Hopkins COVID-19 map