Online Desk :
The overall number of global Covid cases has crossed the 239 million-mark even though mass vaccination is underway in many countries of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 239,573,207 while the death tally from the virus reached 4, 881,197 on Friday morning.
The US has recorded 44,766, 965 cases to date and more than 721,562 people have died so far from the virus in the country as per the university data.
Brazil, which has the world’s second-highest death toll from COVID-19 behind the United States, saw its death toll exceed 600,000 a week before.
The South American country has registered 21,612,237 cases as of Thursday, while its Covid death toll has risen to 602,201.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 34,036,687 on Thursday as 17,004new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry.
Besides, 378 deaths were reported across the country in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 451,847.
