Online Desk :
The overall number of global Covid cases is gradually approaching 235 million amid the ongoing mass inoculation in different countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count and fatalities mounted to 234,894,793 and 4,801,312, respectively, on Monday morning.
The US has recorded 43,683,048 cases and more than 701,169 fatalities to date, according to the university data.
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.
Brazil registered 21,468,121cases. Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll has also risen to 597,948 as it has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January.
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,813,903 on Sunday morning as 22,842 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s data showed.
Besides, 244 more deaths were recorded during the period, taking the death toll to 448,817.
Meanwhile, Russia on Sunday reported a record daily death toll from COVID-19, the fifth time in a week that deaths have hit a new high.
According to AP, the national coronavirus task force said 890 deaths were recorded over the past day, exceeding the 887 reported on Friday. The task force also said the number of new infections in the past day was the second-highest of the year at 25,769.
Overall, Russia, a nation of 146 million people, has Europe’s highest death toll from the pandemic, nearly 210,000 people.
