Worldwide COVID Cases Now Surpass 242 Million October 21, 2021 at 5:39 am tdemartini Blogs Covid-19 Tweet Share Reddit +1 Pocket LinkedIn As of 5:30 am on Thursday, October 21, 2021, The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard reports the following data: Global Cases -242,208,608 Global Deaths – 4,925,344 U.S. Cases – 45,220,618 U.S. Deaths – 731,275 Tags: COVID-19, Johns Hopkins COVID-19 map