Online Desk :
The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has now surpassed 126 million, as the pandemic rages on. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the global Covid cases reached 126,026,603 while the death toll from the virus mounted to 2,766,824 on Saturday.
The US, the worst-hit country in terms of active patients and deaths, has so far recorded 30,155,046 cases and 548,067 fatalities, as per the university data. The North American country surpassed the grime milestone of 30 million confirmed Covid cases on Thursday. Brazil on Thursday registered a record number of new Covid-19 cases, after as many as 100,158 people tested positive for the disease. The South American country has accumulated a total of 12,404,414 Covid-19 cases since the first patient was detected on February 26, 2020, said the ministry.
The death toll in Brazil stood at 307,112 as of Saturday morning. India has recorded 11, 846,652 cases, with 160,949 deaths, as of Saturday.
