Online Desk:
The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 236 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total Covid case count and fatalities stand at 235,794,170 and 4,816,009, respectively, as of Wednesday morning.
The US has recorded 43,945,725 cases and 705,116 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 has registered 21,499,074 cases so far. The country’s Covid death toll has also risen to 598,829 as it has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January.
India’s Covid tally rose to 33,853,048 on Tuesday, as some 18,346 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry.
Besides, as many as 263 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the country’s total Covid death toll to 449,260.
Most deaths, 149, were reported from the southern state of Kerala, which continues to be the worst Covid-affected state in India.
