Online Desk:
The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 234 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 233,691,159 while the death tally from the virus reached 4,781,886 on Friday morning.
The US has recorded 43,457,690 cases to date and more than 697,832 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 21,427,073 cases as of Thursday. Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 596,800.
Besides, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 33,765,488 on Thursday, as 27,300 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry’s data.
Besides, as many as 282 deaths due to the pandemic since Tuesday morning took the total death toll to 448,372.
