Online Desk :
The global Covid-19 caseload is fast nearing 216 million as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to devastate several countries.
The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 215,926,290 and 4,493, 941 respectively, as of Sunday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 5,167,787,650 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe.
The US has logged 38,756,333 cases and 637,241 deaths to date, according to the JHU data.
The death toll in the United States is the highest in the world.
Brazil currently has the world’s second-highest pandemic death toll after the United States and the third-largest caseload after the United States and India.
The country has recorded 20,728,605 cases with 579,010 fatalities so far, according to the health ministry.
The third worst-hit country, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 32,649, 947 on Saturday while the death toll from the virus mounted to 437,370.
