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"Find where the liar hides, so that I may place my boot between his gums!" - Rtas 'Vadum
Australia also got hit, very hard apparently due to the concentration of key facilities such as the Hive, according to the Halo Encyclopaedia.
As for your question, I would say that they did have coverage around the globe. The Encyclopaedia states that Earth had a population in the billions. Then after Regret showed up, the population was cut in half in a matter of hours. By the end of the war, there are only 200 million Humans left alive, which are spread out over, at the most, a dozen colonies, leading one to believe that there are obviously even fewer people on Earth. It is very likely that every major city on Earth is rubble. Also, Commander Keys commented on the fact that the remnants of the orbital defence grid were smashed by Truth's invading fleet, so they were at least able to establish a global presence. To be honest, it would not really have mattered if Earth was glassed or not now that I think of it, the result would have been the same. Billions dead and global infrastructure and order smashed.