Worldwide coronavirus cases have surpassed 90 million, according to Reuters tally, as nations around the globe scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants.

The novel coronavirus has picked up pace in the past few months with about one-third of total cases registered in the last 48 days, according to a Reuters tally.

Europe, which became the first region to report 25m cases last week, remains the worst-affected area in the world, followed by North and Latin Americas with 22.4m and 16.3m cases respectively.

The United Kingdom, the worst-affected European country, crossed 3m cases on Friday.