News Desk :
Death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 5,52,972 while infected 1,22,06,210 and recovered 70,99,039 as of Thursday morning, according to the latest report of worldometer.
Among the countries, the US has been the worst-hit with the highest recorded deaths of 132,277 patients and about
3,053,328 confirmed cases.
As per JHU data, Brazil has grabbed the second position after the US with 1,713,160 cases and 67,964 deaths while India taken the third position again with 742,417 cases. India has so far reported 20,642 deaths.
Meanwhile, Russia counted the fourth highest cases — 699,749 — till date.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
