Online Desk:
The global Covid-19 caseload is fast approaching another grim milestone of 224 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second wave of the pandemic.
The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 223,798,048 and 4,616,196, respectively, as of Saturday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 5,640,209,397 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe.
The US has logged 40,859,189 cases and 658,964 deaths to date, according to the JHU 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.
The country has recorded 20,974,850 cases with 585,846 fatalities so far, according to its health ministry.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 33,174,954 on Friday, as 34,973 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry data.
Besides, as many as 260 new deaths due to the pandemic since Thursday morning took the total death toll to 4,42,009.
